SINGAPORE, Dec 28 The authorities are investigating for possible links between a woman who served her stay-home notice at Mandarin Orchard Singapore and 13 previously reported cases who had been quarantined at the same hotel. The woman, a 23-year-old work permit holder from Malaysia, was among.
There were four imported cases who were placed on stay-home notice or isolated on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
There was one new community case and none from worker dormitories.
Among the five, a 23-year-old female work permit holder had served a stay-home notice at Mandarin Orchard Singapore before she was transferred to another dedicated facility on Dec 20.
On that day, MOH commenced investigations into 13 previously reported cases who had served stay-home notices at the hotel between Oct 22 and Nov 11.
The 13 cases, which came from 10 different countries, were infected by coronavirus strains with high genetic similarity , which implied that the infections might have come from one source and could have happened in the hotel.
MOH has repeatedly said that there is
no need to avoid the listed places, which would have been sterilised and pose little risk of infection.
Rather, the list is kept updated for the benefit of those who may have been in those locations at the same time as infected cases, and who may have been in close contact with those infected.
This group of people are advised to monitor themselves for symptoms.
However, the addition of two new places on the list has attracted some scrutiny.
Most recent community case was on Dec. 21
This is so as the last time Singapore had a new community case was on Dec. 21, before one other case was confirmed on Dec. 28.
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