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SINGAPORE: The Health Ministry is investigating whether safe distancing rules were violated after a new family group of at least five people from two households participated in the meetings.
Five of the eight new community cases reported on Sunday (August 30) are related to a 13-year-old COVID-19 case, which was reported Thursday. Two confirmed cases reported on Friday are also related to the 13-year-old boy.
The five cases reported Sunday are part of a “family group” that involves people from two households, the Health Ministry said.
“These people had participated in family gatherings and investigations are being carried out to see if there were any violations of the safe distancing rules,” the Health Ministry said.
“We take a serious view of such violations and will not hesitate to take enforcement action against any violator.”
4 CHILDREN IN CLUSTER
Four children, ages 12 to 17, are part of the new family group. All the cases in the group are Singaporean.
The 13-year-old boy, who had symptoms on August 20, was reported as an unrelated COVID-19 case on Thursday, and the Health Ministry said epidemiological investigations were ongoing and that all identified close contacts had been isolated and quarantined. .
On Friday, two confirmed cases were linked as contacts for the 13-year-old boy. The 50-year-old woman and the 51-year-old man were among those previously quarantined and tested positive for COVID-19. They were also symptomatic.
On Sunday, the Health Ministry confirmed five more cases, all related to the 13-year-old boy. All five tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday while in quarantine, the Health Ministry said.
Among them are two men: a 20-year-old and a 21-year-old. The 21-year-old had gone to Bedok Camp II after the onset of symptoms on Saturday, the Health Ministry added.
The other three cases reported Sunday were a 12-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl. The 12-year-old boy was the only one of the five who was asymptomatic.
Under current COVID-19 security measures, only small groups of up to five people can meet, with no mixing of groups.
Inside homes, homes can only receive up to five visitors at a time.
Earlier this month, it was announced that households with more than five people who want to dine out can reserve more than one table for everyone. They should limit their interaction between tables, the Health Ministry said.
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Singapore reported 54 more cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, with eight in the community and seven imported infections.
The Health Ministry also announced a new community group of four cases at the SLR Revolution camera store in the Excelsior shopping center, after two employees and a customer were confirmed to have the coronavirus. The remaining case is a contact for one of the employees.
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