More contact tracers needed in Singapore as Covid-19 cases rise

The current number of 500 tracers is still less than at the height of the two-month circuit breaker period. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, June 20 (The Straits Times/ANN): The pool of contact tracers at the Ministry of Health (MOH) has grown from 300 to about 500 people to tackle a jump in Covid-19 cases as more contagious variants of the virus surface.

The ministry said it is vital that close contacts of infected patients can be identified swiftly and isolated to shut down further spread of the coronavirus.