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Sat 16 JAN : FIVE Community Cases!!!!

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24 new Covid-19 cases in S'pore, with 4 in community, 1 in workers' dormitory

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SINGAPORE - There were 24 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Saturday noon (Jan 16), taking Singapore's total to 59,083.

These included 19 imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice or isolated on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

There were also four cases in the community and one from workers' dormitories.
More details will be announced on Saturday night.

On Friday, a 57-year-old Singaporean housewife was the only locally transmitted coronavirus case reported, said the Ministry of Health.

The patient, whose case is currently unlinked, was detected when she took a Covid-19 pre-departure test on Wednesday for a trip to Vietnam.

Her results came back positive on Thursday, and she was taken to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases in an ambulance.

MOH said that her polymerase chain reaction test yielded a high cycle threshold value, which indicates a low viral load. Her serological test result also came back positive, which indicates a likely past infection.

The ministry added Downtown East, Compass One in Sengkang, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, White Sands in Pasir Ris and Raffles City Shopping Centre to the list of places visited by Covid-19 patients while infectious.

Visits were also recorded at Eastpoint Mall in Simei, CityLink Mall, Singapore Swimming Club, Heartbeat @ Bedok and Century Square in the first two weeks of the month.

The ministry also announced on Friday that there were 29 imported cases.
They included 13 work permit holders who arrived from Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, five of whom are foreign domestic workers.

There were also a Singaporean and five permanent residents who returned from the United States, Britain and India.

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Separately, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that the Singapore-Japan Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) has been suspended until the state of emergency in Japan is lifted.

Overall, there were two new cases in the community in the past seven days, and eight the week before. There were also two unlinked cases in the community in the past seven days, compared with five the week before.

With 14 cases discharged on Friday, 58,756 patients have fully recovered from the disease. A total of 51 patients remain in hospital, and none is in intensive care.
Singapore has had 29 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.

Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December 2019, has infected more than 93 million people. More than 1.9 million people have died
 

Cottonmouth

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But how can this be? We are all wearing masks! Did they lie to us about the effectiveness of masks?
We are carrying the TT amulet also, why are they not working?
Lanjiao Loong need to come clean!

Btw. where's that lao cheebye after taking his vaccine?
 

glockman

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We are carrying the TT amulet also, why are they not working?
Lanjiao Loong need to come clean!

Btw. where's that lao cheebye after taking his vaccine?
Now they will say the TT amulet helps them to contact trace more quickly and effectively. Siao liao.
 

kaninabuchaojibye

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24 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore; wife of police para-vet among 4 community infections
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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 24 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Saturday (Jan 16), with five locally transmitted infections.

Of the five, four are in the community and one is a resident of a migrant workers' dormitory.

The remaining 19 cases are imported and were placed on stay-home notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

SINGAPOREAN COUPLE AMONG COMMUNITY CASES

One of the community cases is a 39-year-old Singaporean man who works at the Singapore Scouts Association in Bishan, handling mainly administrative work in the office.

He is also a part-time bus driver with Westpoint Transit, travelling specific routes for Cameron (Singapore) and GlaxoSmithKline Tuas.

He had not gone to work after onset of symptoms, said MOH.

The man developed a fever on Jan 11 and sought treatment from a general practitioner via teleconsultation, and again at a polyclinic on Jan 13 where he was tested for COVID-19.

His infection was confirmed on Jan 15 and he was taken to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). His serological test result is negative, indicating that this is likely a current infection.

The man's wife, a 39-year-old Singaporean, also tested positive on Jan 15.

She developed acute respiratory infection symptoms on Jan 13 and visited a general practitioner clinic the next day. She was referred to a polyclinic to take a COVID-19 test on the same day.

Her serological test result is pending.

The woman is an administrative officer at OCBC Tampines Centre One but does not interact with customers. Her last day at work was on Jan 8, before the onset of symptoms.

WIFE OF PARA-VET

Following the case of a Singapore Police Force para-veterinarian who tested positive on Wednesday, his wife was also confirmed to have COVID-19.

The 28-year-old Singaporean, who is a Prison Staff Officer, had already been placed on quarantine after being identified as his close contact.

She developed symptoms on Jan 14 and tested positive the next day. Her serological test result is negative.

According to MOH, she does not interact with inmates. "Due to workplace safe management measures, she has mainly been working from home during this period," it added.

WORK PERMIT HOLDER INITIALLY TESTED NEGATIVE

The remaining community case is a 33-year-old Chinese national who works as a food processing worker at Golden Bridge Foods Manufacturing at Senoko South Road.

The work permit holder developed a cough on Jan 7. He was swabbed at a general practitioner clinic but the test result came back negative on Jan 8.

He was at home on medical leave between Jan 7 and 12 and went back to work on Jan 13.

However, he developed a fever on Jan 14 and sought medical treatment at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital where he was again tested for COVID-19. The test result returned positive on Jan 15 and he was taken to NCID.

His serological test result is negative.

DORMITORY CASE

The case in the dormitory involved a 37-year-old Indian national whose infection was detected through rostered routine testing on Jan 14.

The work permit holder lives in Tuas South Dormitory and works at Chevron Oronite as a thermal insulator installer.

His earlier tests from routine testing – the last being on Dec 17 - were negative for COVID-19 infection
 

Leongsam

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Everyone is going to get it sooner or later so we might as well get it over and done with.
 
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