Malaysia among 13 imported cases in Singapore



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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed that one of the 13 imported cases announced on Monday is a 45-year-old Malaysian man.

Labeled as case 58490, the work permit holder who arrived from Malaysia was put on stay-at-home notice (SHN), it said in its full data released last night.

The ministry said the man and 11 other imported cases were asymptomatic and were detected by their detection and proactive surveillance.

The symptomatic imported case involved a 38-year-old Singaporean man who returned from Indonesia.

At noon on Monday, the republic reported a total of 13 new cases, with no cases of local transmission, bringing the total infection here to 58,273.

About 99 percent or 58,168 cases had fully recovered here, while a total of 28 confirmed cases remained hospitalized and none are in the intensive care unit.

Meanwhile, 48 patients who have mild symptoms or are clinically well, but still tested positive for Covid-19, have been isolated and cared for in community facilities.

So far, 29 have died from complications due to Covid-19 infection here with the last death being reported on November 28 and the first two deaths on March 21.

Singapore shut down the latest coronavirus cluster, a migrant worker dormitory, on Nov.25. Called



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