Another Foreign Workers Dorm Classified As New Covid 19 Cluster In Singapore

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CORONAVIRUS | Singapore which today kicked off a month’s circuit breaker in a move to mitigate the spread of Covid-19, has identified another new cluster connected to the foreign workers' dormitory located at Kranji Road
Three confirmed cases have now been linked to Kranji Lodge, said Singapore’s Health Ministry in a statement yesterday
Apart from Kranji Lodge, there are six other dormitories that have been identified as clusters with two already gazetted as isolation areas, namely S11 Dormitory at Punggol of Seletar North Link and Westlite Toh Guan dormitory of Toh Guan Road East
So far, both isolation areas which house 19,800 workers have a total of 117 positive cases
The Health Ministry also said the republic has on Monday identified another new cluster with three confirmed cases at Little Gems Preschool of Ang Mo Kio Street
As of noon on Monday, the ministry has confirmed an additional 66 cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore, of which one is imported and 65 are local cases
This brings the total tally for the island-city to 1,375 with 344 patients who have fully recovered and six fatalities
The ministry noted that one case reported by the public healthcare sector on Monday involved a patient therapy associate at the Institute of Mental Health
Updating on the confirmed cases, the ministry said as for yesterday, 24 more cases of Covid-19 infection have been discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities
Of the 571 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving while 25 are in critical condition in the intensive care unit
Meanwhile, 454 cases who are clinically well but still tested positive for Covid-19 are isolated and cared for at the Concord International Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital and the Community Isolation Facility at D’Resort NTUC
As of noon on April 6, the ministry has identified 17,613 close contacts who have been quarantined
- Bernama

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