One batch of 13 people and a subsequent batch of three people, who stayed at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore hotel one month later, could possibly be linked by an intermediate Covid-19 infectious person or persons whose identity has not been disclosed as investigations are ongoing.
Over the last three days, the Ministry of Health (MOH) highlighted three cases Cases 58746, 58754, and 58762 and started investigating whether they are linked to the initial 13 cases at the hotel.
MOH said a potential link between the previous 13 cases who stayed at the hotel between Oct. 22 and Nov. 11 is likely due to the infections having a high genetic similarity .
SINGAPORE - Five new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Sunday (Dec 27), of which all were imported.
Among the five, a 23-year-old female work permit holder had served a stay-home notice at Mandarin Orchard Singapore before she was transferred to another dedicated facility on Dec 20.
The 13 cases, which came from 10 different countries, were infected by coronavirus strains with high genetic similarity , which implied that the infections might have come from one source and could have happened in the hotel.
The Malaysian, identified on Sunday night as Case 58,762, was swabbed on Dec 19 and Dec 21 and her test results were negative for Covid-19 infection.
SINGAPORE - There were 10 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Saturday noon (Dec 26), all of which were imported.
They were placed on stay-home notices or isolated on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
There were no new community cases and none from worker dormitories.
Saturday s cases take Singapore s total to 58,519.
On Friday, a Singapore permanent resident was found to be infected with the coronavirus after completing his stay-home notice, which he served partly in Mandarin Orchard Singapore hotel.
The PR, a 47-year-old man, was one of the 14 new Covid-19 cases announced by MOH on Friday, all of which were imported.
SINGAPORE - A Singapore permanent resident was found to be infected with the coronavirus after completing his stay-home notice, which he served partly in Mandarin Orchard Singapore hotel. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said late Friday night (Dec 25) that it is investigating if he is linked to 13 patients who had earlier served their stay-home notices at the same.
SINGAPORE, Dec 26 One of the new cases of Covid-19 reported yesterday was a Singaporean permanent resident who had served part of his stay-home notice at Mandarin Orchard Singapore hotel, which recently came under investigation by the Ministry of Health (MOH).MOH said in a.