From 15 October 2021, mandatory Fast and Easy Testing-Rostered Routine Testing (FET-RRT) applies to the following groups of workers who are at higher risk:
- All workers from the construction, marine shipyard and process sectors (unless working in company office premises) and personnel who go into the work sites.
- All workers from the manufacturing and services sectors residing in the following sites:
- Purpose-built dormitories
- Factory-converted dormitories
- Decant sites
- Temporary Occupational Licence Quarters / Construction Temporary Quarters
- Workers who are part of dormitory operations staff but do not reside in a dormitory, such as dormitory managers, maintenance personnel, security guards, cleaners, minimart operators and canteen operators. They are also termed as frontline workers.
- Recovered workers who have passed 270 days from their date of symptoms onset or detection of infection.
- Newly arrived recovered workers.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM), the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) will implement Fast and Easy Tests (FETs) regime using the Antigen Rapid Test (ART) from 15 October 2021:
- Vaccinated workers who are currently on the 14-Day Rostered Routine Testing (RRT) regime will undergo supervised ART once a week, in lieu of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. Unvaccinated workers will be tested twice a week using ART swabs.
- Workers can conduct these supervised ART swabs in their dormitories, place of residence, or place of work.
Hence, you will not be able to make any appointments in SRS from 15 October onwards.
The table below shows the different group of workers going through FET-RRT from 15 October 2021:
| Worker groups |
Current
PCR-RRT
|
From 15 Oct 2021
FET-RRT
|
| Vaccinated workers |
14-day cycle of:
- Supervised ART on Day 7; and
- PCR test on Day 14
|
Supervised ART every 7 days |
| Unvaccinated workers |
14-day cycle of:
- Supervised ART on Days 3, 7 and 11; and
- PCR test on Day 14
|
Supervised ART every 3 days |
| Workers in Maritime, Marine & Aviation sectors in higher risk workplace settings |
7-day cycle of:
- Supervised ART on Days 3
- PCR test on Day 7
|
No change for workers who are on this cycle.
Please continue with your scheduled appointments.
|
More details: Advisory to dormitory operators - Implementation of new Rostered Routine Testing (RRT) regime
Workers should not do ART self-testing if they have the following:
- Fever, cough, flu, or runny nose.
- Nosebleed in the past 24 hours.
- Nasal surgery in the last 4 weeks.
- Facial surgery in the last 8 weeks.
Workers who are unwell are to seek for medical treatment at Regional Medical Centres (RMC) or consult a telemedicine provider using the FWMOMCare mobile application.
Employers should remind their workers to perform the next ART when they are well and to submit their results on the FWMOMCare mobile application.
MOM will arrange the Special Pass holders to undergo Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests at the MOM Services Centre. Their special passes will only be extended after going through the PCR tests.
Special Pass holders should contact the dormitory operator or their case officer (if any) to escalate their circumstances to MOM immediately.
For FCDs, TLQs, CTQs or TOLQs, an appointed vendor will be delivering the kits to the dormitory by 22 October 2021. Workers residing within these dormitories can collect their kits from their dormitory operators.
Selected dormitories may be required to collect their kits from a central location. Dormitory operators will be informed via email by 13 October 2021.
More details: Implementation of new Rostered Routine Testing (RRT) regime