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22 Apr 2021 04:39PM (Updated: 22 Apr 2021 04:44PM )
SINGAPORE: Two locally transmitted cases were among the 24 new COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore as of noon on Thursday (Apr 22).
One locally transmitted case is in the community while the other resides in a dormitory.
The remaining 22 cases were imported and were placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily update.
Details of the new cases will be released on Thursday night, said MOH.
The health ministry also provided an update on investigations into Case 62181 , a 35-year-old Bangladesh national who is employed by Prosper Environmental & Engineering as a construction supervisor.
The man, who works at Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard and resides at Westlite Woodlands Dormitory, was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Apr 19.
Special testing operations found that 17 residents of the dormitory who had previously recovered from COVID-19 now have the coronavirus again.
"These cases were immediately isolated and conveyed to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases. MOH, together with an expert panel which comprises infectious diseases and microbiology experts, is investigating if they are re-infection cases," said the health ministry.
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1 community case and a dormitory resident among 24 new COVID-19 infections in Singapore
People walk along a bridge next to the financial business district in Singapore on Apr 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)22 Apr 2021 04:39PM (Updated: 22 Apr 2021 04:44PM )
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SINGAPORE: Two locally transmitted cases were among the 24 new COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore as of noon on Thursday (Apr 22).
One locally transmitted case is in the community while the other resides in a dormitory.
The remaining 22 cases were imported and were placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily update.
Details of the new cases will be released on Thursday night, said MOH.
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The health ministry also provided an update on investigations into Case 62181 , a 35-year-old Bangladesh national who is employed by Prosper Environmental & Engineering as a construction supervisor.
The man, who works at Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard and resides at Westlite Woodlands Dormitory, was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on Apr 19.
Special testing operations found that 17 residents of the dormitory who had previously recovered from COVID-19 now have the coronavirus again.
"These cases were immediately isolated and conveyed to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases. MOH, together with an expert panel which comprises infectious diseases and microbiology experts, is investigating if they are re-infection cases," said the health ministry.
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Source: CNA/zl
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