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SINGAPORE – Four new coronavirus cases were reported at noon on Friday (Nov. 27), all of which are imported, with no new community cases and none of the workers’ bedrooms, the Health Ministry said.
Imported cases were placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore.
Friday’s new cases bring Singapore’s total to 58,199.
More details will be announced on Friday evening.
On Thursday, the Health Ministry said Singapore’s first community Covid-19 case in 16 days is a Singaporean working as a service engineer and having dinner with 12 family members in the Seoul Garden at Tampines Mall last Saturday. .
The family had occupied three tables in the restaurant and the groups were mingling.
Investigations are underway to assess whether there were any violations of the relevant safe handling measures, the Health Ministry added.
Currently the case is not linked and epidemiological investigations are ongoing.
Meanwhile, all of his identified close contacts, including his family members at dinner, have been isolated and quarantined. Tests will be carried out at the beginning and end of their quarantine period to detect asymptomatic cases, the ministry said.
The man, who developed a fever and sore throat Monday, works at Master Systems Marine. His job involves going aboard vessels docked at Marina South Pier and West Coast Pier for the service and maintenance of the ships’ navigation systems.
Usually he worked alone and had no interaction with the ship’s crew, except for one crew member supervising him. On the days when he was not working aboard ships, he had stayed at his office in Vertex Building Tower B, at 33 Ubi Avenue 3.
He reported that he wore a surgical mask during his work on board the vessels and in the office, and that safe distancing and safe handling measures were followed, the ministry said.
After developing symptoms, she went to a general practitioner’s clinic the next day, where she was tested for Covid-19.
“We urge everyone to continue exercising social responsibility and cooperate with current measures,” said the Ministry of Health.
“This is another reminder that the virus has not been eradicated and that new cases and clusters can easily emerge in our community if we let our guard down.”
Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore, said the case highlights the need to remain vigilant.
“The reality is that having zero cases does not mean that there are no infections, just that we are not finding these infections,” added Professor Teo.
In addition to the Seoul Garden store in Tampines Mall, Wisteria Mall was one of the places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were infectious, the Health Ministry said.
A Jinjja Chicken establishment in Northpoint City and a Mr Prata establishment in Tampines were also added to the list.
The service engineer is among five new coronavirus cases announced Thursday. There were no new cases in the workers’ bedrooms, the ministry said.
The remaining four patients were imported cases that had been placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
Two are dependent pass holders who arrived from Pakistan. The other two are a Malaysian work permit holder and a work pass holder who came from Nepal.
In general, the number of new cases in the community has remained low.
With 13 cases discharged on Thursday, 58,089 patients have made a full recovery from the disease.
A total of 43 patients remain in the hospital while 20 recover in community facilities. A patient is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
Singapore has had 28 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December last year, has infected more than 60.3 million people and claimed 1.4 million lives.
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