Source: BI.

As of 26 February 2020, 12 pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified two more cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore. Contact tracing is underway for these cases to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to China.

This brings the total number of cases to 93 so far.

About the confirmed cases

Case 92

Case 92 is a 47-year-old male Singapore Citizen who has no recent travel history to China. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 26 February morning and is currently warded in an isolation room at Sengkang General Hospital.

Case 93

Case 93 is a 38-year-old male Singapore Citizen who has no recent travel history to China. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 26 February morning and is currently warded in an isolation room at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

Update on condition of confirmed cases

To date, a total of 62 cases have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from the hospital. Of the 31 confirmed cases who are still in the hospital, most are stable or improving. Seven are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

Links between previous cases found

Further epidemiological investigations and contact tracing have uncovered links between previously announced and new cases.

a)    Six of the locally transmitted confirmed cases (Cases 31, 33, 38, 83, 90 and 91), as well as Cases 8 and 9, are linked to The Life Church and Missions Singapore (146B Paya Lebar Road). These six cases are linked to another 23 confirmed cases (Cases 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 78, 80, 81, 84, 88) who are linked to the Grace Assembly of God.
b)    Nine of the confirmed cases (Cases 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34 and 40) are linked to Yong Thai Hang (24 Cavan Road).
c)    Three of the confirmed cases (Cases 30, 36 and 39) are linked to the business meeting held at Grand Hyatt Singapore from 20 to 22 January.
d)    Five of the confirmed cases (Cases 42, 47, 52, 56 and 69) are linked to the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site.

Investigations on these clusters are ongoing. In addition to the clusters, MOH’s investigations have identified the following links between cases:

  • Case 44 is linked to Cases 13 and 26;
  • Case 72 is linked to Cases 59 and 79;
  • Case 50 is linked to Cases 55, 65 and 77;
  • Case 75 is linked to Case 41; and
  • Case 86 is linked to Case 82.

Contact tracing is underway for the other 11 locally transmitted cases to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to mainland China.

Update on contact tracing for confirmed cases

Contact tracing for the confirmed cases is ongoing. Once identified, MOH will closely monitor all close contacts. As a precautionary measure, they will be quarantined for 14 days from their last exposure to the patient. In addition, all other identified contacts who have a low risk of being infected will be under active surveillance and will be contacted daily to monitor their health status.

As of 26 February 2020, 12 pm, MOH has identified 2,848 close contacts who have been quarantined. Of these, 259 are currently quarantined, and 2,589 have completed their quarantine.

At least 80,000 people have now been infected in China and around the world with a death toll of more than 2,700 that is mainly concentrated in China, Wuhan where the virus originated from.

 

 

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