Singapore Presses On With Reopening Despite Karaoke Club Cluster
- Police launch probes into some KTV operators as cluster grows
- Experts concerned patrons, hostesses won’t disclose contacts
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Singapore is racing to figure out how to counter a growing Covid cluster around karaoke lounges, where the sort of close contact and discretion essential to their normal operations complicates efforts to ring-fence these cases and prevent spread.
Investigations are ongoing against the operators of three establishments for breach of safe management measures, the Singapore Police Force said in a statement. Police have arrested 20 women suspected of involvement in vice-related activities at the lounges. Another four establishments, currently operating as food and beverage outlets, have been identified as having ongoing transmission of the virus and are being closed for two weeks for deep cleaning, the Ministry of Health said.