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SINGAPORE – There were 13 new coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday (March 23) by the Ministry of Health (MOH), including a 40-year-old Singaporean woman who tested positive after initially testing negative for the virus.
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He returned to Singapore on March 2 this year and served a stay-at-home notice (SHN) in a dedicated facility until March 16, the Health Ministry said.
He tested negative for coronavirus upon arrival on March 2 and when he was swabbed on March 15 during his SHN.
He later tested positive after a pre-departure test on March 20 in preparation for a trip to Indonesia.
Her test result came back positive on March 22 and she was taken to the National Center for Infectious Diseases.
The Health Ministry said that he has a low viral load and that his serological test came back positive.
He said: “Since these indicate a probable past infection, we have classified the case as imported based on its travel history.
“It is likely shedding tiny bits of the virus’ RNA, which are no longer communicable or infectious to others.”
She is asymptomatic.
The other 12 cases tested positive during their SHN periods.
They include two more Singaporeans and two permanent residents returning from India, Malaysia and the United States; holder of a dependent pass from India; a US work pass holder; five work permit holders from Bangladesh, India and the Philippines; and a holder of a short-term visit pass from the United Arab Emirates.
The Health Ministry said that one of the five work permit holders is a foreign domestic worker and all are asymptomatic. These new cases bring Singapore’s total to 60,221.
The Health Ministry added that the number of new cases in the community has decreased from two cases two weeks ago to none in the last week.
The number of unrelated cases in the community in one week has also decreased from two cases to none during the same period.
With 12 cases discharged on Tuesday, 60,048 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
Singapore has had 30 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive died from other causes.
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