COVID-19 in Singapore: infected housewife jailed for hiding contact history
A housewife in Singapore who had COVID-19 has been sentenced to five months’ jail for deliberately not providing information for contact tracing purposes.
Oh Bee Hiok has been sentenced to five months' jail. (Photo: The Straits Times)
Hanoi (VNA) - A housewife in Singapore whohad COVID-19 has been sentenced to five months’ jail for deliberately notproviding information for contact tracing purposes.
Oh Bee Hiok, who was diagnosed on February 26 lastyear, did not tell Ministry of Health (MOH) officers that she had met a closemale friend multiple times earlier that month, The Straits Times reported.
The 65-year-old feared others might think that shewas having an affair with the man – Lim Kiang Hong.
Lim, 71, was himself diagnosed with COVID-19 onMarch 20 last year. On January 8, the court heard that Oh’s offence came tolight only when investigators uncovered information, including parking recordsfor cars driven by her and Lim.
MOH officers who interviewed him later discoveredthat he had met her multiple times between February 4 and 20 last year.
For committing the offence under the Act, she couldhave been jailed for up to six months and fined up to 10,000 USD./.
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Oh Bee Hiok has been sentenced to five months' jail. (Photo: The Straits Times) 
