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Covid-19: 2 new cases in Singapore, including 68-year-old S’porean who visited Jakarta recently

SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two more cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore: One a 68-year-old Singaporean who recently visited the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and the other linked to the cluster at Wizlearn Technologies.

A view of the entrance to Wizlearn Technologies. Two more people are diagnosed to have Covid-19, the Ministry of Health said in an update on March 2, 2020.

A view of the entrance to Wizlearn Technologies. Two more people are diagnosed to have Covid-19, the Ministry of Health said in an update on March 2, 2020.

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SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two more cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore: One a 68-year-old Singaporean who recently visited the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and the other linked to the cluster at Wizlearn Technologies.

Four more patients (Cases 37, 67, 69 and 88) have been discharged as of noon on Monday (March 2):

In all, 78 of the 108 reported cases here have fully recovered from the infection, MOH said.

THE LATEST CASES

Case 107

  • A 68-year-old Singaporean woman who did not travel recently to China, Daegu and Cheongdo in South Korea, but had been in Jakarta, Indonesia from Feb 11 to 14. Indonesia on Monday said that two of its nationals have tested positive for Covid-19, marking them the first confirmed cases in the country.

  • The woman is now warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). She is linked to Case 94, a family member of the Raffles Institution student (Case 96) who tested positive on Feb 27.

  • She reported an onset of symptoms on Feb 16 and had sought treatment at two general practitioner (GP) clinics on Feb 20, 23 and 25.

  • She went to Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Feb 27 and was immediately isolated. She was diagnosed with having Covid-19 on March 1.

  • Before she was admitted into the hospital, she had mostly stayed home on Bishan Street 13.

Case 108

  • A 34-year-old Filipina who is a Singapore work pass holder and has no recent travel history to China, Daegu and Cheongdo. 

  • She is a foreign domestic worker employed by Case 101, and works in the same household as Case 102, both of whom are linked to the Wizlearn Technologies cluster

  • She tested positive with Covid-19 infection on Monday morning and is warded in an isolation room at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

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.

  • Six of the locally transmitted confirmed cases (Cases 31, 33, 38, 83, 90 and 91), as well as Cases 8 and 9, are linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore (146B Paya Lebar Road).

  • These six cases are linked to another 23 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, 88) who are linked to the Grace Assembly of God (355 Tanglin 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 business meeting held at 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.

  • Thirteen of the confirmed cases (Cases 93, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 and 108) are linked to Wizlearn Technologies at 10 Science Park Road.

MOH said that investigations on these clusters are ongoing.

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