SINGAPORE: A Sri Lankan man who tested positive for COVID-19 while in Singapore Prison Service's (SPS) custody was awaiting repatriation after ...
SINGAPORE: A Sri Lankan man who tested positive for COVID-19 while in Singapore Prison Service's custody was awaiting repatriation after serving a four-week sentence for overstaying in Singapore, authorities said on Tuesday .was reported as a COVID-19 case in the Ministry of Health's daily update on Monday. He tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, was asymptomatic and not linked to other cases, MOH said.
At the end of his sentence, Case 53086 was released into ICA’s custody on Jul 27 for repatriation to Sri Lanka. Safe distancing measures are also enforced in ICA's lock-up, and individuals who are in custody are required to wear surgical masks. ICA officers who handle them must put on personal protective equipment .
They have tested negative for COVID-19 and are being closely monitored. They will also be swabbed again at the end of the 14-day segregation period before they are allowed to join the general inmate population.In all, one SPS officer, five ICA officers and five auxiliary police officers under ICA who had close contact with the Sri Lankan man have been issued quarantine orders.
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