S’pore MOH officer leaked Covid-19-related data to group and played game to guess number of cases


Zhao Zheng would congratulate the member who had come the closest to guessing the correct number. — KELVIN CHNG/The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: The deputy lead of the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) Data Management Unit prematurely leaked the daily number of confirmed Covid-19 positive cases to a chat group comprising 50 members.

Zhao Zheng also played a game with the other members to guess the number of confirmed cases for the day before revealing the actual figures.

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