View of Cochrane Lodge Two dormitory. (Screengrab: Google Maps)

SINGAPORE: An eighth foreign worker dormitory, Cochrane Lodge 2, has been gazetted as an isolation area to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The dormitory in Sembawang was declared an isolation area under the Infectious Diseases Act, according to a notice by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Government Gazette.

The notice came into effect on Monday (Apr 13).

The premises under isolation at Cochrane Lodge 2 are Blocks A, B, C, D, and E at 49 Admiralty Road West.

On Monday, eight more COVID-19 cases were linked to the cluster at Cochrane Lodge 2, which now has 25 cases.

Cochrane Lodge 2 is the latest dormitory to be declared an isolation area, after Singapore saw a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases linked to dormitories recently.

View of Cochrane Lodge One dormitory. (Screengrab: Google Maps)

On Apr 5, two foreign worker dormitories - S11 Dormitory @ Punggol and Westlite Toh Guan dormitory - were gazetted as isolation areas. 

On Monday, 222 new cases were linked to the cluster at the S11 Dormitory @ Punggol, which now has a total of 586 cases.