SINGAPORE: A foreign domestic worker who attended the same settling in programme as a previously confirmed COVID-19 case was among the new cases reported on Thursday (Mar 11).
The Ministry of Health said there is currently no evidence the two cases are linked.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe woman, identified as Case 60818, is a 37-year-old Indonesian who arrived in Singapore on Jan 20 and served stay-home notice (SHN) at a dedicated facility until Feb 3.
A swab test performed on Feb 2 during her SHN returned negative, as did a pre-departure test taken in Indonesia on Jan 18, MOH said.
She is asymptomatic.
She was tested on Mar 9 as part of the ministry’s investigation into Case 60666, another Indonesian foreign domestic worker who was among the confirmed cases reported on Mar 6.
AdvertisementAdvertisementCase 60666 also tested negative for the virus when swabbed during SHN in Singapore, but tested positive after taking a pre-departure test prior to her return to Indonesia.
CNA has asked MOH and the Ministry of Manpower for more details on Case 60666, including why she was leaving Singapore a little more than a month after arriving.
[h=3]READ: Indonesian domestic worker among 13 new COVID-19 infections in Singapore[/h]Case 60818, Thursday's case, was subsequently sent to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases by ambulance. Her serological test came back positive, indicating a likely past infection, MOH added.
Advertisement“However as we are unable to definitively confirm her date of infection, we will take all the necessary public health actions as a precautionary measure,” the ministry said.
“As an added precaution, MOH tested all attendees of the settling in programme for foreign domestic workers on Feb 4, which both Cases 60666 and 60818 attended, even though they were not close contacts.”
[h=3]READ: Indonesian maid is sole community case among 8 new COVID-19 infections in Singapore[/h]Based on epidemiological investigations, the two cases are likely to have been separately infected earlier and there is currently no evidence that they are linked, MOH added.
Eight new COVID-19 cases were reported on Wednesday. The remaining seven cases are all imported.
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