The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced the additional of four more confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore. According to MOH, these three new cases are linked to the cluster at Wizlearn Technologies Pte Ltd. while it is tracing the contacts of one of the new cases.
This brings the total number of infection cases to 106 so far.
About the confirmed cases
Case 103 is a 37 year-old female Singapore Citizen who has no recent travel history to China, Daegu and Cheongdo but had been in Batam from 21 February to 23 February. She is currently warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). She is a family member of Case 93[1], and is linked to Case 101.
As she had been identified as a close contact of Case 93 and had reported not having any recent illness, she was issued a home quarantine order on 26 February. On 29 February, she revealed that she had onset of symptoms on 20 February and had sought treatment at a general practitioner (GP) clinic on 25 February. She was immediately conveyed to NCID in an ambulance and was isolated. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 1 March morning.
Prior to hospital admission, she had gone to work at Asia Asset Recovery Pte Ltd (2019 Bukit Batok Industrial Park A). She stays at Bukit Batok Street 31.
Case 104 is a 25 year-old female Myanmar national who has no recent travel history to China, Daegu and Cheongdo but had been in Batam from 21 February to 23 February. She is a foreign domestic worker employed by Case 103. She is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
As she had been identified as a close contact of Case 93 and had reported not having any recent illness, she was issued a home quarantine order on 26 February. On 29 February, she revealed that she had onset of symptoms on 23 February. She was immediately conveyed to NCID in an ambulance and was isolated. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 1 March morning.
Prior to hospital admission, she had mostly stayed at home at Bukit Batok Street 31.
Case 105 is a 49 year-old male Singapore Citizen who has no recent travel history to China, Daegu and Cheongdo. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. He is linked to the cluster at Wizlearn Technologies Pte Ltd.
As he is linked to the cluster at Wizlearn Technologies Pte Ltd and had reported not having any recent illness, he was issued a home quarantine order on 27 February. On 29 February, he revealed that he had onset of symptoms on 26 February and had sought treatment at a GP clinic on the same day. He was immediately conveyed to NCID in an ambulance and was isolated. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 1 March morning.
Prior to hospital admission, he had attended a business meeting at Toa Payoh Hub (490 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh) with Case 95[2]. He stays at Upper Bukit Timah Road.
Case 106 is a 54 year-old male Japanese national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder, and has no recent travel history to China, Daegu and Cheongdo. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 1 March morning and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
Update on condition of confirmed cases
To date, a total of 74 cases have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospital. Of the 32 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving. Seven are in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
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 1 March 2020, 12pm, MOH has identified 3,133 close contacts who have been quarantined. Of these, 367 are currently quarantined, and 2,766 have completed their quarantine.
So far, over 87,000 have been infected in China and around the world with a death toll of close to 3,000. Infected cases have also spiked in South Korea, Japan, Italy and Iran, with South Korean leading with over 3,700 confirmed cases.
