2 of 11 unlinked local COVID cases prelim. positive for India variant; 1 new MBS casino cluster

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UPDATE: 7 imported COVID cases in Singapore, including 7-year-old boy

Of them, 21 are local transmissions, with 10 linked to previous cases, including one to a new cluster identified at Marina Bay Sands Casino. Seven remaining cases are imported. "Amongst the new cases today, nine are asymptomatic, and were detected from our proactive screening and surveillance, while 19 were symptomatic," said the MOH.

Nine of the 11 unlinked cases' serology test results are pending. Two women – aged 76 and 22 – have tested negative on their serology tests. The man received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on 30 April and his serology test result is pending, said the MOH.New Marina Bay Sands Casino dealer cluster: 1 new case, 3 in total

The man has tested preliminarily positive for the India variant, or B.1.617, and is pending further confirmatory tests. His serology test result is pending, said the MOH.With four new infections linked to it, the Changi Airport cluster, or the "Case 62873" cluster, is now linked to 78 cases and the largest of 16 active clusters in Singapore. It is also the largest cluster recorded to date in Singapore, superseding the now-inactive cluster of 47 cases at Safra Jurong.

The latest case linked to the cluster is a 62-year-old Singaporean man who is a retiree as well as a family member and household contact of the three other cases in the cluster. His serology test result is pending, said the MOH.to take a free COVID-19 swab test. Special testing operations will also be conducted for staff who work in the mall.She is a 36-year-old Filipino woman who is a foreign domestic worker.

 

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