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SINGAPORE – Five of the eight new community cases of Covid-19 infection reported on Sunday (August 30) were part of a group involved in family gatherings in two homes, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
In its daily update on Sunday, the ministry added that authorities were investigating whether safe distancing rules were violated.
“We take a serious view of such infractions and we will not hesitate to take enforcement action against any offender,” added the Ministry of Health.
Another community case reported Sunday is a colleague from a previous case who worked in a camera store in the Excelsior shopping center and who had previously been quarantined, the ministry added.
As a precautionary measure following the detection of a previous case that had visited the store during the infectious period of the previous case, the Ministry of Health identified and contacted 240 people who had visited the store between August 15 and 18 .
The Health Ministry has provided Covid-19 testing for all of them, although the risk of infection for visitors was assessed to be low. So far, a total of 224 people have been Hispanic and the results are pending, the ministry added.
The camera store was announced as a new group on Sunday, as one of the newly confirmed cases was linked to three previous cases.
The eight community cases reported on Sunday comprise seven Singaporeans and a 37-year-old Indian national, who was detected as a result of routine testing of workers in the construction, marine and process sectors living outside of dormitories.
Epidemiological investigations of the case of the Indian citizen are ongoing, and all close contacts identified in the case have been isolated and quarantined.
Tests will be done at the beginning and end of your quarantine period. Serological tests will also be performed on your household contacts to determine if you may have been infected by them, the Health Ministry added.
Apart from seven imported cases that were placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, migrant workers living in dormitories made up the remaining 39 of 54 new coronavirus patients announced on Sunday, bringing Singapore’s total to 56,771. .
The number of cases in the community has increased slightly, to an average of three cases per day last week, from two in the previous week.
The number of unrelated cases has been stable, averaging one per day for the past two weeks.
The Health Ministry also said another 139 cases were discharged on Sunday, bringing the total number of people who have made a full recovery to 55,571.
A total of 74 confirmed cases remain in the hospital, while 1,084 are recovering in community facilities and none in intensive care.
Singapore has had 27 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
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