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SINGAPORE: A healthcare volunteer at the Singapore Expo community isolation facility tested positive for COVID-19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said Monday (May 4).
The 52-year-old Singaporean woman had no history of recent travel to affected countries or regions and is currently protected at the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
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The woman is one of three workers in the public health sector infected with COVID-19, as announced by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
The other two are a 33-year-old Singaporean woman who is a facility manager at NCID and a 32-year-old Singaporean doctor at Changi General Hospital.
Singapore reported 573 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the country’s total to 18,778.
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This is the second case of coronavirus in the public health sector that is linked to the facility, after a The 34-year-old Singaporean woman tested positive for the disease on Saturday.
The Health Ministry said that the nurse, employed by the Health Promotion Board, had not been to work since the onset of symptoms.
The Singapore Expo facility, which has been operational since April 10, houses both recovering patients and “early” patients who were confirmed to have COVID-19 but are mostly well.
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These community facilities have played a key role in shifting the burden on hospitals, with more than 80 percent of all COVID-19 patients currently located in these facilities as of Saturday.
These facilities, at places like Singapore Expo, Changi Exhibition Center, and D’Resort in Pasir Ris, are for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms and lower risk factors.
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