ICYMI: Preliminary links have also been established between clusters at Mustafa Centre, the Project Glory construction site, as well as five foreign worker dormitories.
The figure, first announced by the COVID-19 multi-ministry taskforce at a virtual press conference and later in the Ministry of Health ’s daily update, is more than double that of Wednesday’s report of 142 cases.Meanwhile, more than 200 are related to clusters at foreign worker dorms, partly due to the authorities’ efforts to step up testing among the group, said Health Minister and taskforce co-chair Gan Kim Yong.
MOH Director of Medical Services Kenneth Mak said that many of Thursday’s cases originated from the S11 Dormitory @ Punggol, which is the largest cluster here to date with 160 cases. Links between Mustafa Centre, five foreign worker dormsPreliminary links have also been established between clusters at Mustafa Centre, the Project Glory construction site, as well as five foreign worker dorms, said Assoc Prof Mak.
National Development Minister Lawrence Wong noted that many of these cases had very mild symptoms and continued to work, resulting in a delay in picking them up. Man who died while awaiting test results had heart diseaseIn response to media queries about the 32-year-old male Indian national who had died while awaiting test results for the virus, Prof Mak said the initial assessment was that the man’s death was not directly related to COVID-19.After visiting the hospital for a variety of different symptoms, the long-term pass holder had been swabbed at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases for the virus on Tuesday.
Measures to combat spread of coronavirusOn Tuesday, the government passed the COVID-19 Temporary Measures Bill in Parliament, giving it the legal basis to enforce the enhanced safe distancing measures that began on the same day and will last till 4 May. Anyone who flouts the 14-day stay-home notice by leaving the place of accommodation or residence they are serving the notice in will be subjected to steep penalties.
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