COVID-19 cluster linked to police K-9 unit grows to 7 cases after 8-year-old tests positive

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SINGAPORE: The COVID-19 cluster linked to a police K-9 unit has grown to seven cases, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Tuesday (Jan 19), after ...

Case 59428 is an eight-year-old Singaporean student at Chua Chu Kang Primary School who had last gone to school on Jan 15.

According to MOH, the para-vet developed a fever on Jan 11 and visited a general practitioner clinic on the same day, when he was tested for COVID-19. Twenty-five police dogs that had interacted with the para-vet two weeks before he showed symptoms also tested negative for COVID-19, the police said., MOH reported that the para-vet's wife tested positive for COVID-19. The 28-year-old, Case 59347, had been in quarantine since Jan 13.

The administrative officer, Case 59365, developed a dry throat on Jan 7 - earlier than the para-vet's onset of symptoms - but had not sought medical treatment, MOH said. The woman, Case 59387, is a homemaker, and was tested for COVID-19 on Jan 16 when she reported she had developed a fever and chills on Jan 9, as well as the loss of smell and taste on Jan 13. She had not sought medical treatment, MOH said.

 

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