SINGAPORE: A nurse working at the community care facility at the Singapore Expo tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday (May 5) – the third case linked to the facility.
The 20-year-old Singaporean man works as a nurse at the Singapore Expo community care facility, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Tuesday, adding that he has no recent travel history to affected countries or regions.
AdvertisementAdvertisementHe is currently warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). Prior to hospital admission, he had gone to work at the Singapore Expo.
He was among the 632 new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday. Singapore has confirmed 19,410 cases of the disease so far.
[h=3]READ: 632 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking total past 19,000[/h]The 20-year-old nurse is the third confirmed case working in the public healthcare sector that is linked to the Singapore Expo facility.
AdvertisementAdvertisementA 52-year-old Singaporean woman, who was a healthcare volunteer at the facility, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
Last Saturday, a 34-year-old nurse employed by the Health Promotion Board and deployed to the Singapore Expo was confirmed to have the coronavirus.
The community care facility houses both recovering patients and “early” patients, who are confirmed to have COVID-19 but are mostly well.
[h=3]READ: Stretched but coping: How Singapore's healthcare system has cranked up efforts to deal with COVID-19[/h][h=3]READ: Life at the Singapore Expo: A COVID-19 patient shares his experience in a community isolation facility[/h]Such community facilities have helped shift patient load away from hospitals, housing the majority of all COVID-19 patients in Singapore.
These facilities, situated in places like Singapore Expo, Changi Exhibition Centre and D’Resort in Pasir Ris, are for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms and lower risk factors.
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