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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 as of noon on Friday (November 13), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
All new cases were imported and placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore.
Eleven were asymptomatic while one was symptomatic, the Health Ministry said. The imported cases had traveled from 10 different countries.
Among them are a 19-year-old Singaporean who returned from France and two permanent residents who returned from the United States and India.
Another five are currently employed in Singapore. Of these, three are work pass holders who arrived from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the United Kingdom. Two other cares are work permit holders who came from Indonesia and Myanmar.
The 49-year-old work pass holder who traveled from the United Arab Emirates is linked to the pass holder of a 46-year-old dependent who also traveled from the same country.
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There were also two other cases that are dependent pass holders who came from Russia and France. This includes a 28-year-old Kazakh woman who experienced an onset of symptoms on November 3 before she was confirmed to have COVID-19 on November 12.
The remaining case is a holder of a long-term visit pass that arrived from the Netherlands.
There were no new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection, the Health Ministry said.
The new infections bring Singapore’s COVID-19 case count to 58,114.
The total number of new cases in the community has remained low, with a total of one case in the last week, which is currently not linked. More details can be found in the daily situation report of the Ministry of Health.
The Health Ministry also said that the COVID-19 cluster at PPT Lodge 1A at 8 Seletar North Link has been closed as there have been no further dormitory-linked cases during the past two incubation periods.
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Six more cases have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, bringing Singapore’s total recoveries to 58,008.
There are 50 cases still in the hospital, most of them stable or improving, and no one is in the intensive care unit. Another 28 are being isolated and cared for in community facilities.
To date, 28 people have died from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
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On Thursday, the Ministry of Health provided more details on an expert committee that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as providing advice on Singapore’s vaccination strategy.
“The expert committee will draw on scientific and clinical expertise to evaluate candidate vaccines and will recommend suitable vaccines for use against COVID-19 in Singapore when they become available,” the ministry said.
It will also “consider the most up-to-date information and assessment of COVID-19 vaccines, including closely monitoring the global vaccine development landscape and the stance of authoritative agencies such as the World Health Organization.”
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