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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported on Thursday (November 26) its first community case of COVID-19 in more than two weeks, ending a 15-day period with no new locally transmitted infections.
The community case was among the five new infections as of noon, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said in its preliminary daily update.
Four of the cases were imported and placed on stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, the Health Ministry said.
There were no new cases in the bedrooms.
More details will be announced Thursday night, the Health Ministry said.
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MANAGING COVID-19 RISKS
Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Wednesday Singapore needs to manage risks, not eliminate them entirely, as the country prepares to reopen for travel.
“Isolating ourselves from the world is not an option,” Chan said in a speech at the TravelRevive fair. “Singapore cannot take advantage of a large local population or national travel to sustain our tourism sector.”
It is also unrealistic to expect to eliminate all risks from reopening, he said.
“Learning to manage risk will therefore be a much more productive approach and will put us in a good position, as we never know what the next crisis that could hit us or what the next virus will be that could disrupt air travel.”
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On Wednesday, the Health Ministry also announced that community surveillance testing for COVID-19 will be extended to merchants in and around Tekka Center. Test operations will take place on Thursday near the Little India MRT station.
This 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 ministry said.
Singapore has reported 58,195 COVID-19 cases as of Thursday.
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