All four new Covid-19 cases imported; Jurong Point among places visited by infected patients

Jurong Point and a FairPrice outlet in Aljunied were among the locations visited by Covid-19 patients while they were still infectious, said MOH on Oct 19, 2020. PHOTOS: KELVIN CHNG, SCREENGRAB FROM GOOGLE MAPS

Jurong Point and a FairPrice outlet in Aljunied were among places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were still infectious, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said yesterday.

MOH provides the list of locations that infectious Covid-19 patients visited for at least 30 minutes and the times they visited them to get people who were at those places at the same time to monitor their health closely for two weeks from the date of their visit.

The full list of locations and times can be found on the gov.sg website.

The ministry has said that close contacts would have been notified and there is no need to avoid these places as they would have been cleaned, if necessary.

Singapore confirmed four new coronavirus cases yesterday, taking the total to 57,915.

All four, aged between 18 and 41, were imported cases. They comprise one Singaporean, one permanent resident, one student's pass holder and one special pass holder.

Three of them had returned from India, while the fourth had returned from the Philippines.

All the imported cases had been placed on stay-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, said the ministry.

No new clusters were announced yesterday.

The number of new cases in the community has remained stable at four cases a week in the past fortnight, MOH added.

The number of unlinked cases in the community in a week has increased from no cases in the week before to two cases in the past week.

With 12 cases discharged yesterday, 57,804 patients have fully recovered from the disease.

  • Update on cases

  • New cases: 4

    Imported: 4 (1 Singaporean, 1 PR, 1 student's pass holder, 1 special pass holder)

    In community: 0

    In dormitories: 0

    Active cases: 68

    In hospitals: 34 (0 in ICU)

    In community facilities: 34

    Deaths: 28

    Patients with Covid-19 who died from other causes: 15

    Total discharged: 57,804

    Discharged yesterday: 12

    TOTAL CASES: 57,915

A total of 34 patients remain in hospital, while 34 are recuperating in community facilities. There is none in intensive care.

Singapore has had 28 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 20, 2020, with the headline All four new Covid-19 cases imported; Jurong Point among places visited by infected patients. Subscribe