As of Thursday noon (29 Apr), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 35 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.

This brings the total number of infection cases to 61,121.

There are 16 new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection. Of these, seven are family members of Case 62517, a 38-year-old Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer deployed at Changi Airport Terminal 1.

Eight other community cases are linked to Case 62541, a nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). The cases were detected from testing of patients and staff members in the affected ward.

According to the ministry, following the detection of Case 62541, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has locked down Ward 9D and tested the patients who had been in the ward. As a precautionary measure, all staff working in TTSH wards will also be tested for COVID-19 infection. All close contacts of the cases, including patients, visitors and staff who had been in Ward 9D, will be placed on quarantine.

Visitors will not be allowed into the hospital wards while investigations are ongoing, it noted.

“Based on our investigations so far, the cases are in the community, and there are no new cases in the dormitories,” said MOH.

In addition, there are 19 imported cases, who had been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore.

The Ministry will share further updates in its press release tonight.

Singapore to ban non-resident visitors from India starting 23 April “until further notice”

All long-term pass holders and short term visitors who have been in India within the last two weeks will not be allowed entry or transit through Singapore starting from Friday (23 Apr) at 11.59pm “until further notice”, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (22 Apr).

The announcement came after 11 migrant workers of Westlite Woodlands dormitory were tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, of which 10 of them have initially recovered from the disease.

In a statement, MOH noted that while there is no evidence that the cases are linked to the new strain from India, many of the arrivals from India are workers in the construction, marine, and process sectors.

“Even with our control measures, there is still a risk that a leak may happen, and cause another wave of infection in the dormitories.  It is also a concern that recovered workers (i.e. those who had been infected earlier) are susceptible to being re-infected,” it said.

As such, the Ministry has decided to further tighten border measures with India.

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