Covid-19: Warehouse manager, who was fully vaccinated, among 7 unlinked cases in the community
SINGAPORE — A warehouse manager at Sony Electronics, who was fully vaccinated, was among the seven new Covid-19 community cases on Saturday (May 22) that have not been traced to any source of infection.
- There were 29 Covid-19 cases reported on May 22
- Of these, 22 were in the community, seven of which had no links to past cases
- There were 7 imported cases and none in foreign worker dormitories
- The number of new cases in the community has jumped from 103 in the week before to 199 in the past week
SINGAPORE — A warehouse manager at Sony Electronics, who was fully vaccinated, was among the seven new Covid-19 community cases on Saturday (May 22) that have not been traced to any source of infection.
The seven unlinked cases were part of 22 in the community, MOH said.
Another seven cases were imported, bringing the total number of cases on Saturday to 29.
The Changi Airport cluster had one new case, taking it to 105 cases, the largest so far in Singapore.
Two new clusters involving food delivery riders were identified.
There were no new cases in foreign worker dormitories.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has jumped from 103 in the week before to 199 in the past week.
The number of community cases with no known sources of infection has also shot up from 14 in the week before to 61 in the past week.
UNLINKED CASES IN THE COMMUNITY
The seven community cases with no known sources of infection were:
A 47-year-old Malaysian who is unemployed. He was detected as part of rostered routine testing of migrant workers
A 58-year-old Singaporean man who works at Assalaamu’alaikum Enterprise, which provides transport and storage services, but he has been working from home. He developed a fever and cough on May 13 but only sought medical treatment on May 20
A 38-year-old Singaporean man who works as an online stocks trader
A 41-year-old China national who works as a production worker at Baxter Healthcare SA Singapore Branch
A 30-year-old Singaporean who works as an engineer at Sembcorp Marine. He is asymptomatic and was detected when he went for a Covid-19 test on May 21 offered for those who had visited Westgate mall
A 54-year-old Singaporean who works as a warehouse manager at Sony Electronics. He went for a test offered to those who had visited Westgate recently. He received his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine on April 30 and the second dose on May 21
A 24-year-old Malaysian man who works as a kitchen assistant at Fun Toast cafe at Westgate Tower
CHANGI AIRPORT CLUSTER
One more case was linked to an 88-year-old Singaporean man who is employed by Ramky Cleantech Services as a cleaner at Changi Airport Terminal 3 and confirmed to have Covid-19 on May 5.
This new case, who was already quarantined, is a 33-year-old Filipino domestic worker. She is a household contact of a 40-year-old employee of real estate group Lendlease whose infection had been detected earlier.
SMS INFOCOMM CLUSTER
Two more cases were linked to this cluster:
A 19-year-old Singapore Polytechnic student who also works as a part-time food processor at Sats Food Services
A 35-year-old Malaysian man who works as a factory operator at SMS Infocomm
PACIFIC LAW CORPORATION CLUSTER
A 50-year-old Singaporean woman who works at the company is the latest case in this cluster. She developed a fever on May 18 but did not report her symptoms. She tested positive for Covid-19 during her quarantine on May 20. She received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on May 3.
CLUSTER LINKED TO MCDONALD’S DELIVERY RIDER
The new case in this cluster is a 24-year-old Malaysian man who works as a delivery rider for IVIC Logistic and McDonald’s at Pasir Ris Elias Community Club. He is a household contact of a 27-year-old Malaysian man who also works as a food delivery rider.
CLUSTER LINKED TO IT ENGINEER
There were three more cases that have been linked to a 32-year-old IT engineer who works at pharmaceutical firm AbbVie Operations Singapore. The cluster now has 16 cases.
The new cases were:
A 30-year-old Singaporean woman employed by Singapore General Hospital as a nurse but deployed at the Tiong Bahru Community Nurse Post
A two-year-old Singaporean boy who goes to childcare centre My First Skool at 51 Fernvale Link in Sengkang
A 74-year-old Singaporean woman who is a retiree
A 77-year-old Singaporean man who is a retiree
CLUSTER LINKED TO DELIVEROO AND GRAB DELIVERY RIDER
There were two cases that have been linked to a 40-year-old Singaporean man who works as a food delivery rider for Deliveroo and Grab as well as as a vending machine loader at Warburg.
One is a nine-year-old Singaporean girl who is a pupil at Springdale Primary School, while the other is a five-year-old Singaporean girl who is a student at MY World Preschool.
OTHER CASES LINKED TO PAST INFECTIONS
A 41-year-old Myanmar national who works as a project manager at Compact Metal Industries
A 62-year-old male Singaporean who is a retiree
A 19-year-old Malaysian who is a student at Singapore Polytechnic. She had not been in school since May 15
A one-year-old Singaporean toddler who is a household contact of two other cases
IMPORTED CASES
The seven new imported cases were all placed on stay-home notice upon their arrival here, MOH said.
They were:
Two Singaporeans and one permanent resident who returned from India and the Philippines
One dependent’s pass holder who came from Angola
Three work permit holders who arrived from the Philippines
UPDATE ON REMAINING CASES
The total number of infections in Singapore is now 61,799.
Of these, 61,277 people have fully recovered and been discharged, including 35 on Saturday.
There are still 255 patients in hospitals. Of these, most are stable or improving, and four are in a critical condition.
Another 235 patients are isolated at community facilities. They have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still tested positive for Covid-19.
Thirty-two people have died from complications due to the disease.