50 COVID-19 cases linked to Jem/Westgate cluster, free testing extended to those who visited from May 10-22 Toggle share menu
Advertisement
50 COVID-19 cases linked to Jem/Westgate cluster, free testing extended to those who visited from May 10-22
Advertisement Singapore
50 COVID-19 cases linked to Jem/Westgate cluster, free testing extended to those who visited from May 10-22
The interior of JEM, a mall in Jurong East, on May 17, 2021. (Photo: Schmike Chong)
25 May 2021 10:00AM) Share this content
Bookmark
SINGAPORE: The Jem/Westgate COVID-19 cluster has grown to 50 cases, after six new cases and 40 previously unlinked cases were traced to the two malls on Monday night (May 24).
This brings the total number of cases to 61,799.
There are 22 new cases of locally-transmitted Covid-19 infection, of whom 15 are linked to previous cases.
The remaining seven cases are unlinked.
Unlinked cases
Here are the details for the unlinked cases:
Case 63568 is a 47-year-old male Malaysia national who is currently unemployed. He was detected when he was tested on May 19 as part of our Rostered Routine Testing (RRT) of migrant workers.
On May 20, he developed a runny nose but did not seek medical attention. His RRT result came back positive for Covid-19 infection on May 21.
His earlier tests from RRT – the last being on May 5 – were all negative for Covid-19 infection. His serology test result is negative.
SINGAPORE - Two more students at Singapore Polytechnic (SP) have tested positive for Covid-19, adding to the four cases that were earlier announced.
SP said in a statement on Saturday night (May 22) that the first new case is a second-year student from the School of Computing. The 19-year-old was last in school on May 14 and developed symptoms three days later.
But this case has been classified by the Ministry of Health (MOH) as a community case linked to the Sms Infocomm cluster, which now has six cases.
MOH said in a separate update that the student, who works part-time as a food processor at Sats Food Services, had developed a fever, cough, runny nose, headache and fatigue on Monday, but did not seek medical treatment.
2 more Singapore Polytechnic students test positive for COVID-19 channelnewsasia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from channelnewsasia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.