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SINGAPORE – 29 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Tuesday (December 22), all of which were imported.
They were placed on stay-at-home notices or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
Among the imported cases, four are Singaporean or permanent residents and 23 are work pass holders who are currently employed in Singapore, including 21 foreign domestic workers.
There were no new community cases and none of the workers’ bedrooms.
Tuesday’s cases bring Singapore’s total to 58,461.
More details will be announced Tuesday night.
On Monday, the only locally transmitted Covid-19 case was a Singaporean woman who tested positive before a scheduled cruise trip.
The ministry said that on December 14, the 39-year-old woman and her family had toured the southern islands with two other families, and their group had 12 people in total.
This is seven more than the group of five allowed in phase two of Singapore’s reopening.
The Health Ministry said investigations are underway to assess whether there were any violations of the relevant safe management measures.
The woman, who was asymptomatic, was taken by ambulance to the National Center for Infectious Diseases the day after her test, when she tested positive for Covid-19 infection.
The National Public Health Laboratory has conducted further tests to verify that the woman has Covid-19, and the Health Ministry said that the result of her serological test is pending. A positive serological test indicates a probable past infection.
The woman lives at 93 Jurong West Street and went to work at Ruising Chemicals at 18 Boon Lay Way before her test result was confirmed.
Epidemiological investigations are ongoing.
Meanwhile, all of his identified close contacts, including family members and coworkers, have been isolated and quarantined and will be assessed at the beginning and end of their quarantine period.
The Health Ministry also announced nine imported cases on Monday.
Of these, three were Singaporeans who returned from Great Britain and India.
Two others were current work permit holders here who came from Indonesia and Myanmar.
The sixth imported case was a student pass holder that arrived from Myanmar.
The remaining three cases were short-term visiting pass holders who are crew members of separate vessels that arrived from Indonesia. They had not disembarked from their ships until they were taken to a quarantine facility or hospital, the Health Ministry said.
The nine imported cases were placed on stay-at-home notices or isolated upon arrival in Singapore and tested while under quarantine.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry added several locations to the list of places visited by infectious Covid-19 patients, including the Anchorpoint Mall, Takashimaya in Ngee Ann City, and the Raffles City Mall.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained low, with a total of one case in the last week, which is currently unrelated.
Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December last year, has infected more than 76.8 million people. More than 1.6 million people have died.
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