MOH confirmed seven new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection on May 8, 2021. - ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): There were 20 new coronavirus cases, including seven in the community, reported on Saturday at noon (May 8).
Of the seven cases, two are linked to previous cases and had already been placed under quarantine. This takes Singapore s total number of cases to 61,331.
The other 13 cases were imported. They had been placed on stay-home notice (SHN) or isolated on arrival from Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Among them were nine Singaporeans or permanent residents.
There were no cases from the workers dormitories.
SINGAPORE - A 72-year-old Singaporean retiree who had been sent to Raffles Hospital for a heart condition on Wednesday (May 5) was among four new community cases on Friday.
The man tested positive for Covid-19 the next day even though he was asymptomatic, and his serology test also came back positive - indicating he could be shedding minute fragments of the virus RNA from a past infection which are no longer transmissible and infective to others, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). But given that we are not able to definitively conclude when he had been infected, we will take all the necessary public health actions as a precautionary measure, said the ministry.
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SINGAPORE: A fully vaccinated cleaner who works at a dedicated stay-home notice facility was among the community COVID-19 cases reported on Friday (May 7).
The woman, known as Case 62933, is a 53-year-old Singaporean who works at Park Avenue Rochester at 31 Rochester Drive, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
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Her work does not entail interacting with guests serving stay-home notice at the hotel, the ministry added.