Singapore News - Nursing homes have tightened their defences against Covid-19. This follows the rise in the number of community cases, including a resident who tested positive after being discharged from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) where a cluster has been detected. It was. Read more at www.tnp.sg
The Agency for Integrated Care has worked with the Health Ministry to advise homes on the measures to protect their staff and residents.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
This brings the total number of cases to 61,145.
Nine community cases
Amongst the new cases, nine are in the community and out of the nine, eight are linked to previous cases.
Cases 62621
She is a homemaker, and is the spouse of Case 62063.
Case 62622, a four-year-old girl, is their child.
As they had been identified as close contacts of 61993, they were placed on quarantine on April 15.
They were tested for Covid-19 infection during quarantine on April 16, and both their tests were negative.
They developed acute respiratory infection (ARI) symptoms on April 28, and were tested again after reporting their symptoms.
This time, their test results came back positive for Covid-19 infection on April 29 and they were conveyed to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.