Singapore intensifies testing in response to Covid-19 wave in the community

People waiting at an observation area after their vaccination at a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination centre in Singapore March 8, 2021. - Reuters

SINGAPORE, Sept 11 (Bernama): Singapore is intensifying its testing programme to pick up Covid-19 cases early in response to the current Covid-19 infection wave in the community, according to the republic’s multi-ministry taskforce (MTF) on Covid-19.

At the current trajectory, the MTF said "it is likely that we will soon reach more than 1,000 daily cases, detected early through intensified testing.”