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SINGAPORE – A 30-year-old Indian national who received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on January 27 was one of two community cases announced on Monday night (February 8).
The job pass holder is a Station Satcom engineer and boards ships to install communications and IT equipment as part of his job.
He was identified as a close contact from a previous case and was quarantined between January 13 and 24.
His swabs taken during quarantine and as part of the Routine Listed Testing (RRT), the last one on January 29, were all negative for the virus.
He developed fatigue on February 4 and fever the next day, but did not seek medical attention, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said.
He was tested on February 5 as part of the RRT and his test result came back positive the next day, and he was taken by ambulance to the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
“Although his serological test taken on February 7 was positive, it is considered to be a recent infection, since it is symptomatic, and the Ct value of his polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test was low,” said the Ministry of Health.
He added that the patient’s first dose of vaccine on January 27 shows his positive serology test, as he probably started producing antibodies after vaccination.
“Since the vaccine does not contain live viruses, it could not have been infected due to the vaccination,” the Ministry of Health said.
“It is possible for you to become infected just before or just after vaccination, as it usually takes a few weeks for a person to develop immunity after completing the vaccine.”
The other unrelated community case is that of a 49-year-old bus driver transporting placed persons with a stay-at-home notice (SHN) from Changi Airport to dedicated facilities. Their bus is disinfected after each trip, the Health Ministry added.
The bus driver, who works at Cobb & Coach Services, developed a runny nose on January 31, but did not seek medical attention. It was detected when it was tested on February 5 as part of RRT.
The Health Ministry added that his previous RRT tests, the latest on January 23, came back negative for Covid-19 infection and his serology test is also negative, indicating that it is likely a current infection. .
There were also 20 imported cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MINSA), bringing Singapore’s total to 59,721.
They tested positive while delivering notices to stay at home or in isolation after their arrival in Singapore, the Health Ministry said.
FairPrice Xtra at Kallang Wave Mall and Punggol Plaza are among the places visited by Covid-19 patients when they were still infectious, the Health Ministry said.
Singapore has had 29 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
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