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Covid-19: McDonald’s worker sole unlinked case; Bukit Merah View cluster grows to 56

SINGAPORE — A worker from a McDonald’s fast-food outlet at Tiong Bahru Plaza was the sole Covid-19 case in the community with no known source of infection, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (June 17).

  • Singapore reported 27 new Covid-19 cases on June 17, 20 of which were in the community
  • Of the 20, 17 were linked to the Bukit Merah View market cluster
  • The cluster now has 56 cases in total
  • There were seven imported cases and no new cases in migrant worker dormitories
  • The number of cases with no known links in the community has gone up from seven in the week before to 18 in the past week

 

SINGAPORE — A worker from a McDonald’s fast-food outlet at Tiong Bahru Plaza was the sole Covid-19 case in the community with no known source of infection, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (June 17).

The 72-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a counter staff member at McDonald’s did not have any symptoms and was tested on June 16 as part of the ministry’s surveillance testing for people who work at Tiong Bahru Plaza.

Besides the unlinked case of the McDonald’s employee, there were 19 other new community cases that have been linked to past infections.

Of these, 17 were part of the Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre cluster, which now has 56 cases in total.

In yet another testing operation that the ministry announced on Thursday, staff members and tenants of eight places in Redhill and Tiong Bahru will have to go for compulsory Covid-19 tests.

Rounding up the total of 27 new infections reported for the day were seven imported cases.

Overall, the number of new cases in the community has shot up from 40 in the week before to 93 in the past week.

The number of cases with no known links in the community has also gone up from seven in the week before to 18 in the past week.

MOH also said that the following clusters have been closed because no more cases had surfaced for the past two incubation periods:

  • The Learning Point tuition centre

  • Jin Tai Tong Food Industries

  • One linked to a 22-year-old Singaporean woman who works at creative space management company Invade Industry

MOH revised its daily tally of unlinked cases from two to one in its nightly update on the Covid-19 situation here, after one of them was linked to confirmed cases. No other details were given on this newly linked case.

NEW CASES IN BUKIT MERAH VIEW MARKET CLUSTER

  • A 32-year-old female permanent resident who works as an administrative staff member at MSIG Insurance

  • A 73-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a stall assistant in Tiong Bahru Yong Tao Hu coffee shop at 56 Eng Hoon Street in the Tiong Bahru estate

  • An 87-year-old Singaporean woman who works at a sundry store at 115 Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre

  • A 52-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a food store vendor at 115 Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre

  • A 14-year-old female permanent resident who is a student at Bukit Merah Secondary School and was last in school on May 18

  • A 13-year-old female permanent resident who is a student at Bukit Merah Secondary School and was last in school on May 18

  • A three-year-old Singaporean girl who does not attend any childcare facility

  • A 69-year-old female India national who is unemployed

  • A 50-year-old female India national who is unemployed

  • A five-year-old male permanent resident who goes to PCF Sparkletots Preschool (Henderson) and was last in school on May 18

  • A 62-year-old Singaporean woman who is a homemaker

  • A 69-year-old Singaporean man who is a retiree and helps out at a food stall at 115 Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre

  • A 60-year-old Singaporean woman who works at healthcare IT specialist firm Bioinfocomm and frequently visited the 115 Bukit Merah View market

  • A 36-year-old Singaporean man who works as a shipping operator at Skyline Shipping

  • A 65-year-old Singaporean man who works as a part-time food stall assistant at 115 Bukit Merah View market

  • A 23-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a patient service associate at Singapore General Hospital

  • A 10-year-old Singaporean girl who is a student at Zhangde Primary School and was last in school on May 18

ECOXPLORE CLUSTER

A 52-year-old Singaporean man who works as a private-hire driver for Tada is linked to a 27-year-old India national who works as an engineer at automation equipment supplier Ecoxplore.

STUDENT LINKED TO CONFIRMED CASE

A 12-year-old female permanent resident who is a student at Tanglin Trust School was linked to a 41-year-old Filipina, a domestic worker who was the student’s household contact.

The student had a fever and was tested and diagnosed while in quarantine.

IMPORTED CASES

The seven new cases were all placed on stay-home notice upon their arrival here, MOH said.

They were:

  • A Singaporean and two permanent residents who returned from India

  • Three work permit holders who arrived from Indonesia and Malaysia — two of whom are foreign domestic workers.

  • One case who entered Singapore waters from Indonesia without valid documentation and was arrested by the Police Coast Guard. He was tested for Covid-19 and isolated until he was taken to the hospital when his result came back positive

UPDATE ON REMAINING CASES

The total number of infections in Singapore is now 62,366.

Of these, 61,960 people have fully recovered and been discharged, including 29 on Thursday.

There are still 151 patients in hospitals. Of these, most are stable or improving, and one is in critical condition under intensive care.

Another 221 patients are isolated at community facilities. They have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still tested positive for Covid-19.

Thirty-four people have died from complications due to the disease.

 

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