SINGAPORE - There were 23 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Sunday noon (April 18), taking Singapore s total to 60,831.
They included 22 imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice or isolated on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
There was also one community case.
No new cases were reported within migrant workers dormitories.
More details will be announced on Sunday night.
On Saturday, four new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection were reported, one of which involved a national serviceman who was due to attend his in-camp training (ICT) at Nee Soon Camp.
Two of the new cases are linked to a National University of Singapore (NUS) senior research fellow from India who was confirmed to have Covid-19 on Thursday. On Saturday, MOH said his colleague - a 31-year-old Swiss woman who is also a senior research fellow at NUS - had caught the virus too.
Singapore reports 1 community infection among 23 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (April 18,2021). - The Straits Times/ANN
SINGAPORE, April 18 (The Straits Times/ANN): There were 23 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Sunday noon (April 18), taking Singapore s total to 60,831.
They included 22 imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice or isolated on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
There was also one community case.
No new cases were reported within migrant workers dormitories.
On Saturday, four new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection were reported, one of which involved a national serviceman who was due to attend his in-camp training (ICT) at Nee Soon Camp.
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SINGAPORE - There were four new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection on Saturday (April 17).
Two are linked to the Indian national and senior research fellow, 34, at the National University of Singapore (NUS) who, on April 15, was confirmed to have Covid-19.
On Saturday, MOH said of the four new community cases, one was his colleague - a Swiss woman, 31, who is a work pass holder and also a senior research fellow at NUS.
She had interacted with him on April 12 and developed a sore throat on April 15 but did not seek medical treatment.
As she had been identified as a close contact, she was contacted by MOH on April 16 and placed on quarantine.