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SINGAPORE: A nurse working at the community care center at the Singapore Expo tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday (May 5), the third case related to the center.
The 20-year-old Singaporean man works as a nurse at the Singapore Expo community care center, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said Tuesday, adding that he has no history of recent travel to affected countries or regions.
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He is currently protected at the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). Before entering the hospital, he had gone to work at the Singapore Expo.
It was among the 632 new cases of COVID-19 reported Tuesday. Singapore has confirmed 19,410 cases of the disease so far.
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The 20-year-old nurse is the third confirmed case working in the public health sector that is linked to the Singapore Expo facility.
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A 52-year-old Singaporean woman, who was a health care volunteer at the center, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
Last Saturday, a 34-year-old nurse employed by the Health Promotion Board and deployed at the Singapore Expo was confirmed to have the coronavirus.
The community care center houses both recovering and “early” patients, who are confirmed to have COVID-19, but who are mostly doing well.
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These community facilities have helped move the burden of patients away from hospitals, housing the majority of all COVID-19 patients in Singapore.
These facilities, located in places like the Singapore Expo, Changi Exhibition Center and D’Resort in Pasir Ris, are for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms and lower risk factors.
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As of April 26, there have been 66 cases of COVID-19 between health workers and support personnel, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in Parliament on Monday. Of these, 46 have had direct contact with patients.
He was responding to the chairman of the Government Parliamentary Health Commission, Dr. Chia Shi-Lu, who asked how many health workers had been infected with the COVID-19 virus and how many had been infected in the line of duty.
Mr. Gan added that health workers have had an additional level of care in their workplaces to protect themselves and their families.
“However, in the event that our healthcare workers become ill, we will ensure that they are well cared for. In such unfortunate circumstances, our institutions stay in touch with infected healthcare workers to monitor their overall well-being, “he said.
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