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The adjacent malls of Jem and Westgate in Jurong East were declared the centre of a new community cluster yesterday, with four cases now linked to them.
Giving details of these as well as others in the 21 community cases announced yesterday, the Ministry of Health said the four included a music teacher at Yamaha Music School, who developed a fever and sought treatment five days later.
The 59-year-old felt sick on May 16, went to a GP clinic on May 21 and had an antigen rapid test come back positive on the same day. He was immediately isolated.
The other three individuals linked to the cluster include a 39-year-old cleaner at Westgate and a 44-year-old visitor, whose preliminary tests have come back positive for the B1617 variant.
Monday, 24 May 2021 08:33 AM MYT
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 131 cases in the week before to 182 cases in the past week. TODAY pic
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SINGAPORE, May 24 Two Singaporean women aged 60 and 74 were the two Covid-19 community cases reported on Sunday (May 23) to have no links with previous infections.
Both have received two doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
The 60-year-old, a homemaker, had no symptoms and was detected when she was swabbed during the mass testing operations for residents of Block 506, Hougang Avenue 8. She had received her Covid-19 jabs on March 29 and April 19.
There were 24 community cases, 22 of which have been linked to previous cases.
Twelve had already been quarantined.
There were no new cases from migrant workers dormitories.
There were also 12 imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Of these, five are returning Singaporeans or permanent residents.
More details will be announced on Monday night, said MOH.
Giving details of these as well as others in the 21 community cases announced on Sunday, the MOH said the four included a music teacher at Yamaha Music School who developed a fever and sought treatment five days later.
The new cases take Singapore s total to 61,860. - The Straits Times/ANN
SINGAPORE, May 24 (The Straits Times/ANN): There were 36 new coronavirus cases confirmed at noon on Monday (May 24), taking Singapore s total to 61,860. There were 24 community cases, 22 of which have been linked to previous cases.
Twelve had already been quarantined. There were no new cases from migrant workers dormitories.
There were also 12 imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Of these, five are returning Singaporeans or permanent residents.
The adjacent malls of Jem and Westgate in Jurong East were declared the centre of a new community cluster on Sunday (May 23), with four cases now linked to them.
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