Ten of them are locally transmitted infections in the community, of whom four, including two unlinked cases, tested preliminarily positive for the Indian variant – or B1617 – and are pending further confirmatory tests.The 18 remaining cases are imported. Sunday marks the 14th consecutive day with local cases reported.
The second unlinked case is a 40-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a risk assessment personnel at Lendlease and has been working from home since 30 April. She has tested preliminarily positive for the Indian variant – or B1617 – and is pending further confirmatory tests. "His serology test result is negative for the N antigen, which suggests the presence of early infection," said the MOH.A new cluster linked to eight cases was announced by the MOH on Sunday, of whom four were identified as infected with COVID-19 on the same day.who is employed by Ramky Cleantech Services as a cleaner deployed at Changi Airport Terminal 3. The fully-vaccinated man was confirmed to have COVID-19 on 5 May.
His earlier tests under the rostered routine testing – the last being on 2 May – were all negative for COVID-19. His serological test result is negative, said the MOH.She is a 51-year-old female work permit holder who is also employed by Ramky Cleantech Services as a cleaner deployed at Changi Airport Terminal 3. The woman, a colleague of the 88-year-old man, had last gone to work on 3 May.
"That night, she developed a cough and headache. On 8 May, she sought medical treatment at a polyclinic," said the MOH, adding that her test result came back positive for COVID-19 on the same day and she was conveyed in an ambulance to Gleneagles Hospital. As he had been identified as a colleague of the 88-year-old man, he was contacted by the MOH and placed on quarantine on the same day.
As an added precautionary measure, Changi Airport Terminal 3 Basement 2 will be closed to the public temporarily with effect from 10 May. Within the "Case 62541" cluster – named after the nurse's case number – at least nine of 43 cases had already been fully vaccinated., along with four others in the TTSH cluster: a fully vaccinated doctor who attended to patients in Ward 9D, and three patients of the ward aged between 57 and 79.He is a 90-year-old Singaporean man who had been warded in TTSH Ward 9D from 23 April and was transferred to the NCID on 28 April.
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