Covid-19: Three of 11 community cases due to start work in essential services, says Singapore Health Ministry | Malay Mail

Of the 11 community cases, MOH said that six are Singaporeans or permanent residents and the remaining five are work permit holders. ― TODAY pic

Eight of those community cases were asymptomatic, MOH added, but had been swabbed as part of the ministry’s “proactive surveillance or to verify their status during quarantine”. Of these, three were tested before they were due to start work in essential services, and one infection was tested as part of the MOH’s screening of migrant workers residing at shophouses located at Balestier Road due to their proximity to another cluster in the same area.The health ministry added that besides the polymerase chain reaction test, it had also conducted serological tests to determine if some of these cases are current or past infections.

It added that the number of unlinked cases in the community has remained stable at an average of two cases a day in the past two weeks.MOH said that it has been monitoring existing clusters for any further transmission.

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