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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s seven new COVID-19 cases were all imported infections, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said on Wednesday (November 25).
One of them is a permanent resident of Singapore who returned from India.
Four are work permit holders who traveled from India, the Philippines and Indonesia.
The holder of a student pass arrived from India, while the remaining case involved a holder of a short-term visit pass who traveled from Ukraine to board a ship docked here as a member of the crew.
All cases were placed on stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, the Health Ministry said.
There were no new cases of local transmission for 15 consecutive days.
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Twelve more cases have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities, bringing total recoveries to 58,091.
There are 42 cases still in the hospital. Most are stable or improving, with one patient in critical condition in the intensive care unit. Another 29 are being isolated and cared for in community facilities.
TESTS THAT WILL BE OFFERED TO STALLHOLDERS IN AND AROUND THE TEKKA CENTER
The ministry also announced that COVID-19 testing will be extended to merchants in and around Tekka Center. This will take place on Thursday near the Little India MRT station.
It is part of efforts to conduct more extensive testing in the community “to facilitate early detection and get a better picture of the prevalence of the population,” the Health Ministry said.
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Authorities said last month that the government will offer a one-time COVID-19 test to more than 45,000 people working in 110 street vendor centers and markets and more than 1,120 cafeterias, as well as food delivery personnel operating in the locality of these places to eat. . The tests will be progressively implemented in different parts of Singapore.
The Health Ministry said Wednesday that surveillance tests have been conducted for taxi and private car drivers, food delivery workers and cashiers.
Singapore has reported 58,190 COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday.
NO ACTIVE CLUSTERS
Singapore’s latest COVID-19 cluster in a migrant worker dormitory has closed, meaning no clusters are active for the first time since the pandemic began.
On Tuesday, the Health Ministry announced the closure of the COVID-19 cluster in the Cassia @ Penjuru dormitory, after 28 consecutive days without a new infection linked to it.
“With the closure of this group, there are no active COVID-19 groups for the first time since February 3, 2020,” the ministry said.
The first group from Singapore was reported on February 4 at the Yong Thai Hang Medical Hall, a Chinese medicine shop that catered mainly to tourists from China.
Three days later, the condition level of Singapore’s Disease Outbreak Response System (DORSCON) rose from yellow to orange, where it remains, as more local cases emerged with no links to previous cases or travel history to China.
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