A total of six unlinked cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on May 25, along with 12 linked community cases.
Together with nine imported cases and three cases found in the dormitories, this brings the total number of cases to 61,890.
Six unlinked cases
Case 63683 is a 29-year-old male Malaysian who works at Tiger Sugar Bubble Tea (Holland Piazza).
He developed a fever and sore throat on May 21 and sought medical treatment at a general practitioner (GP) clinic the same day, where he was tested for Covid-19.
His test result came back positive on May 24; his serology test result is negative.
SINGAPORE - Three students, a pre-schooler and a housekeeper at Sengkang General Hospital are among 18 new cases in the community announced on Tuesday (May 25).
The affected schools are Westwood Secondary School, Kranji Secondary School, Rulang Primary School and My First Skool at Block 211 Jurong East Street 21, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The 15-year-old student from Westwood Secondary School is one of six unlinked cases.
He was last in school on May 18.
The student developed a fever and runny nose last Saturday and was tested for Covid-19 on Monday after seeking treatment at a polyclinic.
The other children are linked to previous cases.
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25 May 2021 04:01PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 21 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (May 25), comprising 18 in the community and three in a foreign worker dormitory.
This is the highest number of dormitory cases since Oct 8 last year, when there were four cases.
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Fifteen of the locally transmitted infections were linked to previous cases. Eight of them had been placed on quarantine earlier and seven were detected through surveillance. The remaining six had no links to previous cases, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).