JAKARTA - Each house in Singapore will receive 12 rapid antigen test kits starting November 21. They can test themselves against COVID-19 if they feel unwell.
And this is not the first time Singapore has done this. Quoted from Channel News Asia, Saturday, November 5, this is the distribution of the fourth national antigen kit to the house.
"Because this is the peak of the holiday season and the high volume of ART being sent, we ask for public understanding that some households may receive kits later than others," the Ministry of Health said.
Regular self-testing is a major defensive line in Singapore's approach to COVID-19 to enable early detection and isolation.
This mainly happens if people are not healthy, return from traveling abroad or before visiting vulnerable groups such as the elderly.
With the increasing number of reinfections, those experiencing symptoms such as coughs, sore throats, runny noses or fever, after 28 days of previous infections, must also have a COVID-19 test on themselves, "said the Ministry of Health.
He added that those who tested negative but felt unwell also had to reduce social interactions because they might have other respiratory viruses such as influenza.
For low-income households that may need more ART than the ministry provides, the Ministry of Health said the Government would continue to support them.
The Ministry of Health will also work with the Ministry of Education and the Early Childhood Development Agency to provide additional test kits to students from low-income households.
The government first distributed ART kits to households in August and September last year.
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