Coronavirus Singapore

Residents appeal for new leaflets to redeem oximeters

Some had thrown them out without realising they must be used to claim the free device

An example of the leaflets that were distributed via letterboxes to residents for them to collect their free oximeter. Temasek Foundation said it is unable to provide another leaflet. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
An example of the leaflets that were distributed via letterboxes to residents for them to collect their free oximeter. Temasek Foundation said it is unable to provide another leaflet. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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Some residents have taken to social media to appeal for replacement leaflets from Temasek Foundation to redeem the free oximeter it is distributing, after discarding the one they had received in the mail.

They said they had thrown theirs out by mistake, and missed the instructions which say it must be used to claim the digital device that measures blood oxygen levels.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on July 04, 2021, with the headline Residents appeal for new leaflets to redeem oximeters. Subscribe