SINGAPORE - A technician who boarded a vessel that carried 10 earlier imported coronavirus cases was among the two new community cases reported on Sunday , said the Ministry of Health .
After some of the vessel's crew were confirmed to have Covid-19, the technician was placed on quarantine and swabbed for Covid-19 even though he was asymptomatic, the ministry said.The other new community case reported on Sunday was a 48-year-old Singaporean man who was a contact of a previously confirmed case.
The Singaporean, a 30-year-old man, had returned from Indonesia on Aug 4. The work permit holder, a 31-year-old Filipino woman who is employed in Singapore, returned from the Philippines also on Aug 4. Migrant workers living in dormitories made up the remaining 78 new coronavirus patients announced on Sunday, taking Singapore's total to 55,747.
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