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SINGAPORE: Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Singapore as of noon on Sunday (February 14), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily update.
All new cases were imported. Of the 14 cases, 13 had been placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, the ministry said.
The remaining case, a 28-year-old Dutch national, is a short-term visitor pass holder who is in Singapore for a work project. He arrived from the Netherlands on February 10 and tested negative for COVID-19 upon arrival in Singapore.
The man was subsequently on a “controlled itinerary”, which “was largely confined to his workplace on a ship docked in Singapore and his accommodation,” the Health Ministry said.
As part of the periodic tests of the Ministry of Health of these travelers, he was tested again on February 12 and the test result came back positive for COVID-19.
“He was asymptomatic at the time of the test, but developed a fever on February 13. His serological test result was negative, indicating that it is probably a current infection,” the ministry said.
“Given his recent travel history, we have classified him as an imported case.”
Among the 13 other imported cases reported on Sunday are two permanent residents who returned from India and Malaysia, as well as a long-term visit pass holder who arrived from the UK.
Eight cases are work permit holders who came from Indonesia, Japan and Myanmar, of which five are foreign domestic workers.
The remaining two cases are short-term visit pass holders who came from India to visit relatives who are permanent residents of Singapore.
No new cases were found in the community or in the dormitories of foreign workers.
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Seventeen more cases have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. A total of 59,621 people have fully recovered from COVID-19.
There are currently 32 cases that are still in the hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and one is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
Another 118 cases are isolated and treated in community facilities. These are patients who have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has risen from two cases in the previous week to seven cases in the last week, the Health Ministry said.
The number of unrelated cases in the community has also increased from two cases in the previous week to four in the last week.
Among the 101 confirmed cases reported between February 8 and 14, 48 cases tested positive in their serological tests, 26 tested negative and 27 results of serological tests are pending.
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A COVID-19 cluster linked to a Chinatown Complex stall owner was identified on Friday after his wife and two children also tested positive for the disease.
The stall owner is a 66-year-old permanent resident identified as Case 60138. He first developed a dry cough on January 28 and anosmia, or loss of smell, on February 9, but did not seek medical attention, the Health Ministry said.
His infection was detected through community surveillance tests of merchants and shop owners in Chinatown.
The Health Ministry noted that the stall owner and his family do not use the TraceTogether app, and although they all have TraceTogether tokens, they do not carry their tokens with them.
“Individuals are reminded to turn on their TraceTogether app or carry their TraceTogether token at all times so that we can quickly identify and isolate close contacts from COVID-19 cases and limit additional infections,” the MOH said.
As of Sunday, Singapore has reported a total of 59,800 COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths from the disease.
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