This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 59,157.
There are four locally-transmitted cases and 26 imported cases of Covid-19 infection.
Four community cases, including 8-year-old student
There are four cases in the community, three of whom are linked to previous cases.
Case 59419
Case 59419 is a 31 year-old male Chinese national who is a Work Permit holder. He works as a food processing worker at Golden Bridge Foods Manufacturing Pte Ltd (30 Senoko South Road).
He is a co-worker and housemate of Case 59343.
He had been identified as a close contact of Case 59343, and was placed on quarantine on Jan. 15. He was tested on Jan. 17 during quarantine even though he is asymptomatic, and his result came back positive for Covid-19 infection the next day.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to
59,113.
Two community cases
Case 59365
Case 59365 is a 44 year-old male Singaporean who works as an administrative officer at the Singapore Police Force (2 Mowbray Road). He developed a dry throat on Jan. 7 but had not sought medical treatment.
He was tested on Jan. 15 as part of the special testing operations commenced by MOH at his workplace following the confirmation of Case 59280.
His test result came back positive for Covid-19 infection on Jan. 16 and he was conveyed in an ambulance to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
His serological test result has come back negative, indicating that this is likely a current infection.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 59,083.
There are five cases of locally-transmitted and 19 imported cases of Covid-19 infection. Screenshot via MOH.
Four community cases
There are four cases in the community, comprising two who are currently unlinked, and two who are linked to previous cases.
Case 59340: Unlinked
Case 59340 is a 39-year-old male Singaporean who works at Singapore Scouts Association in Bishan, handling mainly administrative work in the office.
He is also a part-time bus driver with Westpoint Transit who plies specific routes for Cameron (Singapore) Pte Ltd and GlaxoSmithKline Tuas.
He developed a fever on Jan. 11 and sought medical treatment from a general practitioner via tele-consultation, and again at a polyclinic on Jan. 13 where he was tested for Covid-19 as part of MOH s enhanced community testing for those with acute respiratory infection.
This brings the total number of cases to 58,865.
There are no locally-transmitted cases today.
29 imported cases
Amongst the 29 imported cases, four cases (Cases 59113, 59121, 59123 and 59125) are Singapore Citizens and one is a Singapore Permanent Resident who returned from India, Indonesia, Sweden, and the UK respectively.
Three (Cases 59105, 59107 and 59118) are Dependant’s Pass holders who arrived from the UAE, India and Maldives.
One (Case 59096) is a Student’s Pass holder who arrived from India.
Five (Cases 59099, 59100, 59101, 59106 and 59120) are Work Pass holders who arrived from India and the UAE.
13 are Work Permit holders who arrived from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar, of whom three (Cases 59104, 59110 and 59111) are foreign domestic workers.
Screenshot from MOH.
Case 58810 is a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) who works as a Marine Surveyor at Lloyd s Register Singapore.
His work entails working onboard vessels docked at Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard.
He developed acute respiratory infection (ARI) symptoms on Dec. 27, and sought treatment at a general practitioner clinic on Dec. 28 where he was tested for Covid-19 as part of MOH s enhanced community testing.
He was confirmed to have Covid-19 infection the next day and was conveyed in an ambulance to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
His serological test results have come back negative, indicating that this is likely a current infection.