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SINGAPORE – Nine new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Monday (February 15), bringing Singapore’s total to 59,809.
All were imported cases that had been placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
There were no community cases or cases of migrant worker dormitories.
More details will be announced Monday night.
In a separate statement on Sunday, the ministry added the Beast & Butterflies restaurant at M Social Singapore and Bar Bar Black Sheep to the list of places visited by Covid-19 patients when they were still infectious.
Both locations are on Robertson Quay.
The Ministry of Health provides a list of the places that Covid-19 infected patients visited for at least 30 minutes, along with the hours they visited, so that people who were in those places at the same time closely monitor their health for two weeks from the date. of your visit.
The ministry said close contacts would have already been notified, adding that there is no need to avoid those places as they would have been cleaned up if necessary.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced 14 new cases of coronavirus, all imported.
Thirteen of the cases were placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore.
The remaining case is a 28-year-old Dutchman who tested negative for Covid-19 upon arrival in Singapore last Wednesday, the ministry added.
The short-term visitor pass holder was on a controlled itinerary during his stay, which was largely limited to his workplace on a ship docked in Singapore and his accommodation.
As part of the tests carried out by the ministry on these travelers, the Dutchman was tested again last Friday and confirmed positive the same day.
He was asymptomatic when tested, but had a fever last Saturday, the Health Ministry said.
The ministry added that all identified close contacts of the 14 cases have been isolated and quarantined.
Tests will be conducted at the beginning and end of their quarantine so that the ministry can detect asymptomatic cases.
The number of new cases in the community increased to seven in the last week from two cases in the previous week.
The number of unrelated cases in the community in one week also increased from two cases to four during the same period.
With 17 cases discharged on Sunday, 59,606 patients have recovered from the disease.
There are 32 patients in the hospital, including one who is in critical condition in the intensive care unit. Another 118 are recovering in community facilities.
Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December 2019, has infected more than 108 million people. More than 2.3 million people have died.
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