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Covid-19: 1 new case confirmed in Singapore, 2 more discharged

SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed one more case of Covid-19 infection on Monday (Feb 24), a 75-year-old Singaporean woman who is linked to the cluster at The Life Church and Missions Singapore.

The 90th person in Singapore confirmed on Feb 23, 2020 to have been infected with Covid-19 is now warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.

The 90th person in Singapore confirmed on Feb 23, 2020 to have been infected with Covid-19 is now warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.

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SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed one more case of Covid-19 infection on Monday (Feb 24), a 75-year-old Singaporean woman who is linked to the cluster at The Life Church and Missions Singapore in Paya Lebar.

The latest patient, Case 90, has not recently travelled to China, MOH said.

She is now warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).

She reported an onset of symptoms on Feb 9 and sought treatment at a general practitioner clinic on the same day, as well as on Feb 17 and 23.

She was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Feb 23, where she tested positive for Covid-19 on the same day.

MOH added that before she was admitted to hospital, the patient had mostly stayed at her home in the Bishan Street 12 area.

The ministry said that two more patients have been discharged; in all, 53 have fully recovered.

Of the 37 patients who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving. Seven are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

LINKS BETWEEN PREVIOUS CASES

Further epidemiological investigations and contact tracing have uncovered links between previously announced and new cases, MOH said. This was made possible with the assistance of the Singapore Police Force.

  • Five of the locally transmitted confirmed cases (Cases 31, 33, 38, 83 and 90), as well as Cases 8 and 9, are linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore (146B Paya Lebar Road).

  • Nine of the confirmed cases (Cases 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34 and 40) are linked to Yong Thai Hang (24 Cavan Road), a health product shop off Lavender Street.

  • Three of the confirmed cases (Cases 30, 36 and 39) are linked to the private business meeting held at the Grand Hyatt Singapore from Jan 20 to 22.

  • Five of the confirmed cases (Cases 42, 47, 52, 56 and 69) are linked to the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site.

  • In total, 23 of the confirmed cases (Cases 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 78, 80, 81, 84 and 88) are linked to the Grace Assembly of God.

Investigations on these clusters are ongoing. In addition to the clusters, MOH said that its investigations have identified the following links between cases:

  • Case 44, a 37-year-old Singaporean man who works at Certis Cisco Centre and had served Quarantine Orders on two people from Wuhan, was linked to Cases 13 and 26, a mother-and-daughter pair from Wuhan;

  • Case 72, a 40-year-old male Chinese national who is a Singapore work pass holder and has no recent travel history to China, is a family member of Case 79, a Malaysian work pass holder, and is also linked to Case 59, a 61-year-old Singaporean man who works at a private hospital here;

  • Case 75, a 71-year-old Singaporean woman, is a family member of Case 41, a 71-year-old Singaporean man who visited Paya Lebar Methodist Church and a gathering at Braddell Heights Residents’ Committee;

  • Case 77 is linked to Case 50, who in turn is linked to Case 65 and Case 55, a 30-year-old Singaporean man who works at Pulau Bukom and went to the Catholic Church of Christ the King.

  • Case 86, a 24-year-old Singapore Institute of Technology student, is linked to Case 82, a 57-year-old Singaporean woman who has both dengue and Covid-19 infections.

Contact tracing is underway for the other nine locally transmitted cases to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to China.

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