SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported three new cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore on Saturday (Feb 22), including one linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God and one who was among the group of Singaporeans who were evacuated from Wuhan, China on Feb 9.

Contact tracing is underway for the remaining case to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to China, MOH said.

Two patients were discharged from hospital on Saturday: A 28-year-old female Singapore resident who works at Chinese medicinal shop Yong Thai Hang and lives at the Jalan Bukit Merah area (Case 19) and her six-month-old son (Case 28).

In all, there are 89 confirmed cases in Singapore and out of these, 49 people have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital.

Of the other 40 patients who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving. Five are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

THE NEW CONFIRMED CASES

Case 87

• A 32-year-old Singaporean man who was among the group of Singaporeans evacuated from Wuhan on Feb 9. 

• He was without symptoms when he boarded the flight and was put under quarantine upon landing in Singapore. 

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

• He is linked to Case 76, a one-year-old boy also evacuated at the same time from Wuhan but has since recovered and been discharged on Feb 18.

• He was confirmed to have Covid-19 on Friday afternoon.

Case 88

• A 30-year-old Singaporean woman who has no recent travel history to China. 

• She is warded in an isolation room at NCID. 

• She is linked to Case 66, a 28-year-old Singaporean man who works at Grace Assembly of God church and attended church services at God’s Kingdom Bread of Life Church on Jalan Pemimpin in Marymount.

• She reported onset of symptoms on Feb 16 and had sought treatment at a general practitioner (GP) clinic on Feb 17. 

• As she had been identified as contact of Case 66, she was referred by MOH to NCID on Friday, and test results later confirmed she had Covid-19.

• Before she was admitted, she had mostly stayed home at the Hougang Street 91 area.

Case 89

• A 41-year-old male Singapore permanent resident who did not go to China recently. 

• He was confirmed to have Covid-19 on Saturday morning and is warded in an isolation room at NCID.

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.

• Four of the locally transmitted confirmed cases (Cases 31, 33, 38 and 83), 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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