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SINGAPORE – A 22-year-old construction worker from Bangladesh is the only case of migrant workers’ dormitories reported on Wednesday (February 10).
There were also 14 imported cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MINSA), bringing Singapore’s total to 59,747.
The construction worker’s previous tests of the listed routine tests (RRT), the latest on January 24, came back negative for the infection, the Health Ministry said.
“The result of his serological test has been positive, but we cannot rule out that it is a recent infection,” he said.
A positive serology test indicates a possible past infection.
“As a precautionary measure, all his close contacts in the bedroom and at his workplace have been quarantined.”
The patient, who resides in a bedroom on Bedok South Road, is asymptomatic.
He was detected when he was tested on Sunday as part of RRT, the Health Ministry said.
Their joint test result came back positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and he was immediately isolated.
An individual test was performed on Tuesday and the test result came back positive for infection on the same day.
He was later transferred by ambulance to the National Center for Infectious Diseases.
The 14 imported cases comprised one Singaporean, two permanent residents, one dependent pass holder, two work pass holders, six work permit holders and two short term visit pass holders.
They tested positive while handing out stay-at-home notices, the Health Ministry said.
They came from various countries, including India, Brazil, and Myanmar.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community increased to four cases last week, from three in the previous week.
The number of unrelated cases in the community also increased to four cases in the last week, from two in the previous week.
With 20 cases discharged on Wednesday, 59,511 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
A total of 36 patients remain in hospital, including one in the intensive care unit, while 156 recover in community facilities.
Singapore has had 29 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
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