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3 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore; none in the community and 2 imported
THE STRAITS TIMES
15 October 2020
SINGAPORE - There were three new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Thursday noon (Oct 15), taking Singapore's total to 57,892.
They included one case in a dormitory, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
No cases in the community were reported.
There were also two imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
More details will be announced on Thursday night.
On Wednesday, two new Covid-19 cases in the community - a 13-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl - were reported by MOH.
Both patients had last been at their respective schools on Oct 2. They were both quarantined from Oct 3, and were swabbed on that day but tested negative, MOH said in a statement on Wednesday night.
They later developed symptoms during quarantine and subsequently tested positive on Tuesday.
There were no new local cases from workers' dormitories on Wednesday, said the ministry. This was the second day in a row that no new cases from dormitories were reported.
On Wednesday morning, Education Minister Lawrence Wong cautioned against complacency and said that Singapore will likely see new cases.
In a Facebook post, Mr Wong, who co-chairs the multi-ministry task force tackling Covid-19, acknowledged the fatigue that has set in for the current measures, but reiterated that "the virus had not been eradicated", adding that "it's still circulating in our community".
"We still need to keep our guard up and stay very disciplined in complying with all the necessary safeguards. That's the mindset that will enable us to continue on this path of progressive reopening in a safe and sustainable manner," he said.
Imported cases made up the remaining three of the five new cases announced on Wednesday. They were a Singaporean returning from Britain, a short-term visit pass holder returning from Russia and a student's pass holder returning from India.
All the imported cases were placed on stay-home notices upon arrival in Singapore. They tested positive while serving their notices at dedicated facilities.
Hi Five, an Indian-Muslim food outlet in the Rochor area, was the sole new location added on Wednesday to a list of places visited by infectious Covid-19 patients.
MOH provides the list of locations that such patients visited for at least 30 minutes and the times they visited to get people who were at those places to monitor their health closely for two weeks from the date of their visit.
The ministry has said that close contacts would already have been notified and that there is no need to avoid these places as they would have been cleaned if necessary.
The average number of new daily cases in the community in a week has decreased from one case a day two weeks ago to fewer than one a day in the past week.
The number of unlinked cases in the community in a week has also decreased from a daily average of fewer than one case a day to none in same period.
With 12 cases discharged on Tuesday, 57,737 patients have fully recovered from the disease.
A total of 39 patients remained in hospital on Wednesday, with none in intensive care, while 70 were recuperating in community facilities.
Singapore has had 28 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.
Globally, the virus outbreak, which began in December last year, has infected more than 38.1 million people. More than 1.08 million people have died.
Source: THE STRAITS TIMES
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