SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health confirmed 31 new cases as of Monday afternoon, bringing the country’s total to 57,606.“Case 57679’s first COVID-19 test had been borderline positive. As a precautionary measure, MOH had classified him as a COVID-19 case and taken all necessary public health actions while he was being re-tested,” the ministry added.
Separately, all but one of the 31 new cases are asymptomatic and were proactively detected, said the MOH. — Yahoo Singapore September 21, 2020 The ministry noted that the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at an average of one case per day in the past two weeks. Four are work pass or permit holders currently employed in Singapore who arrived from India on 9 September and Iran on 15 September.
Besides the polymerase chain reaction test, or swabbing, serological tests have also been conducted to determine if some of the cases are current or past infections. As of last Friday, about 5,700 workers who are required to undergo the routine testing have yet to do so, said the Ministry of Manpower, Economic Development Board, Building and Construction Authority, and Health Promotion Board in a joint statement on the same day.
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