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SINGAPORE: A community case was among 24 new COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore as of noon on Sunday (February 7), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its preliminary daily update.
The remaining 23 cases were imported and placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival.
No new infections were reported in the dormitories of foreign workers.
Details of the new cases will be released Sunday evening, the Health Ministry said.
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The Health Ministry said on Saturday that a resident staying in a migrant worker dormitory has become the first probable case of COVID-19 reinfection in Singapore.
The case is a 28-year-old Bangladeshi work permit holder who is staying in a dormitory at 43 Tech Park Crescent.
He was confirmed to have the coronavirus on April 12 of last year. He tested positive again on January 25 of this year.
“It was identified from the enumerated follow-up tests conducted as part of the Ministry of Health surveillance of recovered workers to monitor their post-infection immunity,” the ministry said.
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When the man was confirmed to have COVID-19 last year, he was identified as Case 2513 and was part of the group of infections in the Tech Park Crescent bedroom.
He recovered from that infection and tested negative for COVID-19 since last June.
However, the man tested positive for COVID-19 once again on January 25 of this year and was isolated. “Numerous repeat tests carried out subsequently also came back positive for the virus,” the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The man’s new infection had not previously been mentioned in the ministry’s situation reports. The CNA has requested more information from the Ministry of Health.
As of Sunday, Singapore has reported a total of 59,699 COVID-19 cases, with 29 deaths.
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