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5 COVID-19 cases in Tan Tock Seng Hospital cluster have Indian variant of coronavirus Toggle share menu
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5 COVID-19 cases in Tan Tock Seng Hospital cluster have Indian variant of coronavirus Singapore has discovered 29 local COVID-19 cases and 475 imported cases with overseas variants of the virus.
View of Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore on Apr 30, 2021. (Photo: Calvin Oh)
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SINGAPORE: Five COVID-19 cases in the Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) cluster have been found to have an Indian variant of the virus, said the Ministry of Health s (MOH) director of medical services Kenneth Mak on Tuesday (May 4).
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More cases of worrisome variants circulating around the world have been detected here, and while vaccination may not prevent a person from getting Covid-19, it can protect people from becoming severely ill with the disease, the authorities said yesterday at a multi-ministry task force press conference.
Ministry of Health (MOH) director of medical services Kenneth Mak said of the 40 cases in the Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) cluster, the nine who had received full doses of the Covid-19 vaccinations were either asymptomatic or exhibited mild symptoms, and none required oxygen support.
Seven were staff while the other two were patients, he said.
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Stricter rules for large events effective from Saturday until May 30
Attendees during a convention here last October. Under the new rules, the number of people allowed to attend such events will be reduced from 750 to 250. TNP FILE PHOTO
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Stricter rules for large events will take effect from Saturday until May 30, as Singapore tightens its Covid-19 measures to tackle the recent spike in cases here.
The maximum number of people allowed to attend live performances and business-to-business events will be reduced from 750 to 250, with pre-event testing required if the number of participants exceeds 100.
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SINGAPORE: Three visitors to Ward 9D at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), a patient and a pharmacist were the five new COVID-19 cases linked to the hospital cluster on Tuesday (May 4).
The three visitors were detected through proactive case-finding, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its nightly COVID-19 update.
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Serology test results for all five cases are pending.