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SINGAPORE – A 57-year-old Singaporean housewife was the only locally transmitted coronavirus case reported on Friday (January 15), the Health Ministry said.
The patient, whose case is currently unrelated, was caught when she was tested for Covid-19 prior to departure on Wednesday for a trip to Vietnam.
Her results came back positive Thursday and she was sent to the National Center for Infectious Diseases in an ambulance.
The Health Ministry said its polymerase chain reaction test returned a high cycle threshold value, indicating a low viral load. His serological test result was also positive, indicating a probable past infection.
The Health Ministry added Downtown East, Compass One in Sengkang, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, White Sands in Pasir Ris, and Raffles City Shopping Center to the list of places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were infectious.
Visits were also recorded at Eastpoint Mall in Simei, CityLink Mall, Singapore Swimming Club, Heartbeat @ Bedok and Century Square during the first two weeks of January.
The Health Ministry also announced on Friday that there were 29 imported cases, bringing Singapore’s total number of Covid-19 cases to 59,059.
Among them were 13 work permit holders from Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, of which five were foreign domestic workers.
There was also one Singaporean and five permanent residents who returned from the United States, the United Kingdom, and India.
Separately, MFA said on Friday that the Singapore-Japan reciprocal Green Lane has been suspended until the state of emergency in Japan is lifted.
“Given the reciprocal nature of the RGL and Residence Track Singapore-Japan, travelers will not be able to apply to travel from Japan to Singapore under the RGL and Residence Track during this period,” the spokesperson said, in response to media inquiries.
Overall, there were two new cases in the community in the last seven days and eight in the previous week. There were also two unrelated cases in the community in the past seven days, compared to five in the previous week.
With 14 cases discharged on Friday, 58,756 patients have made a full recovery from the disease. A total of 51 patients remain in the hospital and none are in intensive care.
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