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SINGAPORE: Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Singapore at noon on Friday (Nov 6), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
All four cases were imported infections and they were given a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore. All were asymptomatic.
No cases of local transmission were reported on Friday. The new infections bring Singapore’s COVID-19 case count to 58,047.
IMPORTED CASES
The imported cases include three that are currently employed in Singapore.
One is a holder of a work pass that arrived from France, while another is a holder of a work permit that arrived from the Philippines.
The third is a short-term visitor pass holder who came from the UK and is an engineer on a job project in Singapore.
The fourth imported case is a special pass holder who is a member of the crew of a ship that arrived from the US She had not disembarked from the ship and was cleaned on board upon arrival, the Health Ministry said.
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TEST WORKERS AT TERMINAL 3 OF CHANGI AIRPORT
The ministry said that 5,084 people working at Changi Airport Terminal 3 who may have contact with travelers have been screened and vetted.
“This was a precautionary measure after the detection of two cases that had worked at the terminal,” the Health Ministry said.
All 5,084 results have been negative for COVID-19.
“We are working with the Singapore Civil Aviation Authority to facilitate testing for the remaining 33 people who have not yet been cleared,” the Health Ministry said, adding that they have been temporarily suspended from their duties until they test negative for the coronavirus.
The group in Tuas South Dormitory has closed, as there have been no more cases linked to the group in the past 28 days, the Health Ministry said.
TEN MORE DOWNLOADED
Ten more cases of COVID-19 have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 57,959 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospitals or community care facilities.
There are currently 36 COVID-19 patients still in the hospital, the Health Ministry said. Of these, most are stable or improving and no one is in the intensive care unit.
A total of 24 are isolated and cared for in community facilities. These are patients who have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19.
Twenty-eight people have died from complications due to COVID-19.
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A man was fined Singapore $ 12,000 on Thursday for opening his KTV lounge to customers during Phase 1 of Singapore’s reopening, when certain businesses were still not allowed to operate due to COVID-19.
In another case, a man claimed judgment Thursday on a charge of allowing six other people to enter his apartment during Phase 1 when social gatherings were still restricted. This is the first trial of its kind.
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Organizers of the New Year’s Eve countdown event in Marina Bay said Thursday that there will be no fireworks display this year to “mitigate public health risks” amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead, fireworks would be set off at various locations in the heart of the island, organizers of Marina Bay Singapore Countdown 2021 said.
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