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SINGAPORE, Oct.25 (Xinhua) – Two airport workers are among the three community cases to test positive for COVID-19 most recently in Singapore, the Health Ministry reported on Monday.
The two infected people are a security officer and a temperature tester and swab assistant at Raffles Medical at Changi Airport Terminal 3, he said in a press release.
Both cases were detected in community tests enhanced to cover all people over the age of 13. They had not interacted with each other and epidemiological investigations have not established any link between them.
As a precaution, your colleagues at the airport who may have contact with travelers will be screened for COVID-19, the Health Ministry said.
In addition to the three community cases, there are 11 new imported cases, and one case involves a worker residing in the bedroom. The total number of confirmed cases in the state has risen to 57,965.
Twelve more COVID-19 patients were recently discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, bringing the total number of recoveries to 57,844.
There are currently 53 patients in hospital treatment, most of whom are in stable or improved conditions, with none of them being in the intensive care unit. A total of 40 cases are being isolated and treated in community facilities, due to having mild symptoms or being clinically well but testing positive for COVID-19.
So far, 28 people have died from the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.
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