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SINGAPORE – The OCBC Center at Raffles Place and a restaurant in Tampines were visited by coronavirus patients while they were infectious, the Health Ministry said on Thursday (November 5).
The restaurant, Al-Hussain Restaurant at 822 Tampines Street 81, was visited between 11.30 p.m. on October 28 and 1.45 a.m. on October 29, while the OCBC Bank branch at OCBC Center was visited between 3 p.m. and 3 p.m. 4.30 pm on October 30.
Both were recently added to a list of places visited by patients in the community during their infectious period.
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 monitor their health closely for two weeks to 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 Health Ministry announced seven new Covid-19 patients here on Thursday, one of whom was a community patient. The ministry said the 39-year-old Indian national is the holder of a short-term visitation pass, whose spouse is a permanent resident.
It is currently not linked to other cases.
The man arrived in Singapore from the United States on October 11 and was placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival here.
He tested negative on October 22 while serving his notice at a dedicated facility.
On October 30, he developed a fever and sought medical treatment at a clinic, but was diagnosed with suspected dengue.
She later developed symptoms of acute respiratory infection (ARI) and was tested for Covid-19 on Monday (November 2) under enhanced community testing to screen all individuals 13 years and older who have been diagnosed with ARI.
He was then taken to a hospital when his test came back positive on Wednesday (November 4).
Six imported patients were also announced on Thursday. Among the six imported cases, one is a child from Singapore.
The two-year-old boy returned from the Philippines.
Two other imported patients are permanent residents.
The first, a 61-year-old woman, returned from Iran, while the other, a 45-year-old man, came from India.
The fourth imported patient is the holder of a long-term visitation pass. The 33-year-old Vietnamese woman arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
The remaining two imported cases are female work permit holders currently employed in Singapore who arrived from Indonesia.
They are both Indonesian, aged 31 and 36 respectively.
All six imported patients showed no symptoms and tested positive on Wednesday (November 4).
All had been placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore and were assessed while delivering their notices.
No new cases were announced inside the workers’ bedrooms on Thursday.
The Health Ministry said the number of new cases in the community has remained low, with a total of two such cases in the last week. Both cases are currently unrelated.
With 11 cases discharged on Thursday, 57,934 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
A total of 40 patients remain in the hospital, none in intensive care, while 26 recover in community facilities.
Singapore has had 28 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died from other causes.
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