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As at noon yesterday, 24 new cases were reported in Singapore, of which 15 were imported, bringing the total tally to 61,145. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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SINGAPORE, May 1 ― A 41-year-old male Malaysian was among the nine new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection reported here yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
In its full data released late last night, MoH said he is a household contact of Case 62638, a 26-year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who works as a cleaner deployed at a community care facility in Tuas South.
SINGAPORE (Bernama): A 41-year-old Malaysian man was among nine new local transmissions of Covid-19 reported here on Friday (April 30) says the republic s Health Ministry.
In its full data released late last night, it said he is a household contact of Case 62638, a 26-year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who works as a cleaner deployed at a community care facility in Tuas South.
The ministry said that both are now part of the Case 62553 Cluster, which involved a 39-year-old female Vietnamese person who works as a cleaner deployed at the same community care facility.
MOH said the Malaysian developed a fever and cough on April 28 and sought medical treatment at a general practitioner clinic where he was tested for COVID-19.
This brings the total number of cases to 61,145.
Nine community cases
Amongst the new cases, nine are in the community and out of the nine, eight are linked to previous cases.
Cases 62621
She is a homemaker, and is the spouse of Case 62063.
Case 62622, a four-year-old girl, is their child.
As they had been identified as close contacts of 61993, they were placed on quarantine on April 15.
They were tested for Covid-19 infection during quarantine on April 16, and both their tests were negative.
They developed acute respiratory infection (ARI) symptoms on April 28, and were tested again after reporting their symptoms.
This time, their test results came back positive for Covid-19 infection on April 29 and they were conveyed to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
This brings the total number of cases to 61,086.
Three community cases
First
Case 62517 is a 38-year-old male Singaporean who works as an Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Officer deployed at Changi Airport Terminal 1, but had not gone to work after onset of symptoms.
He developed a cough on Apr. 23 and sought medical treatment the next day at a General Practitioner clinic, where he was given two days’ medical leave.
On Apr. 26, he developed a fever, anosmia and body aches, and sought medical treatment at Tan Tock Seng Hospital the next day.
He was tested for Covid-19 and his test came back positive on the same day. His previous tests, the last being on Apr. 22, were all negative for Covid-19 infection. His serology test result is pending.
This brings the total number of cases to 60,966.
Five community cases, four linked to sea crew
There are five community cases.
Out of these five cases, four of them - Cases 62,348, 62,349, 62,350 and 62,365 - were close contacts of Case 62,113, a 39-year-old male Indonesian national who is a sea crew on board a bunker tanker.
As they had been identified as close contacts of Case 62,113, they were placed on quarantine on Apr. 16.
Amongst them, three are asymptomatic, while Case 62,350 developed a cough on Apr. 21 but did not report his symptom.
They were tested for Covid-19 on Apr. 22 during quarantine, and their test results came back positive on the same day.