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SINGAPORE – The first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in Singapore in 16 days is that of a Singaporean working as a service engineer who dined with 12 members of his family at the Seoul Garden in Tampines Mall last Saturday (November 21). ), said the Ministry of Health (MOH). on Thursday (November 26).
The family had occupied three tables in the restaurant and there was coexistence between the groups. Investigations are currently underway to assess whether there were any violations of the relevant safe management measures, the Ministry of Health added, and epidemiological investigations are underway.
Among those present at the dinner was his two-year-old niece. Previously, he had been issued a five-day medical certificate from November 20-24 for a runny nose, and has since tested negative for Covid-19.
Meanwhile, all of his identified close contacts, including his family members at dinner, have been isolated and quarantined and will be evaluated at the beginning and end of their quarantine period, for asymptomatic cases to be detected, the ministry said. . .
Serological tests will also be performed on your household and family contacts to determine if you may have been infected by them.
The man, who developed a fever and sore throat Monday, works at Master Systems Marine. His job involves going aboard vessels docked at Marina South Pier and West Coast Pier for the service and maintenance of the ships’ navigation systems.
Usually he worked alone and had no interaction with the ship’s crew, except for one crew member supervising him. On the days when he was not working aboard vessels, he had stayed at his office located in Vertex Building Tower B, located at 33 Ubi Avenue 3.
He reported that he wore a surgical mask during his work aboard the vessels and in the office, and that safe distancing and safe handling measures were met, the Health Ministry said.
After developing symptoms, she went to a general practitioner’s clinic the next day, where she was tested for Covid-19.
“We urge everyone to continue to exercise social responsibility and cooperate with current measures. This is one more reminder that the virus has not been eradicated and that new cases and clusters can easily emerge in our community if we let our guard down,” said MOH .
[[nid:510491]]In addition to the Seoul Garden store in Tampines Mall, Wisteria Mall was one of the places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were still infected, the Health Ministry said Thursday. A Jinjja Chicken establishment in Northpoint City and a Mr Prata establishment in Tampines were also added to the list.
The Ministry of Health provides the list of places that infectious Covid-19 patients visited for at least 30 minutes and the times they visited so that people who were in those places at the same time closely monitor their health for two weeks at a time. from the date of your visit. . The full list of locations and hours can be found on the gov.sg website.
It has been said that close contacts would have already been notified and that there is no need to avoid these places as they would have been cleaned up if necessary.
The service engineer is among five new coronavirus cases announced as of Thursday. There were no new cases in the workers’ bedrooms, the Health Ministry said.
The remaining four patients were imported cases, who had been placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Health Ministry added. Two are dependent pass holders who arrived from Pakistan. The other two are a work permit holder who came from Malaysia and a work pass holder who came from Nepal.
Thursday’s new cases bring Singapore’s total to 58,195.
Commenting on the community’s new case, Professor Teo Yik Ying said that this highlights the need to remain vigilant and why it is important not to reduce community action every time case numbers start to decline.
Professor Teo, dean of the National University of Singapore’s Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, added: “The reality is that having zero cases does not mean there are no infections; we are just not finding these infections.”
Experts have previously said that the chances of imported infections leaking into the community still exist.
A small fraction of infected travelers will go unnoticed and may have a long incubation or latency period before the virus manifests itself.
In general, the number of new cases in the community has remained low.
With 13 cases discharged on Thursday, 58,089 patients have made a full recovery from the disease.
A total of 43 patients remain in the hospital while 20 recover in community facilities. A patient is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
Singapore has had 28 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
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