The boy belongs to a family cluster of two other Singaporean patients - a 35-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman. They had already been quarantined and swabbed.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Infection in the community has increased with a five-year-old boy among 11 new community cases confirmed on Saturday by the Ministry of Health .
According to the MOH, the 11 community cases comprise five Singaporeans and permanent residents, and six work pass holders. Migrant workers living in dormitories still make up the vast majority of a total of 291 new cases confirmed on Saturday .Overall, the number of new cases in the community has increased, from an average of four cases a day in the week before, to an average of six a day in the past week, said the MOH.
Urging residents to exercise personal responsibility, MOH said:"Irresponsible behaviour that disregards the spirit of the rule to limit social gatherings to not more than five persons endangers others, and may lead to the formation of large infection clusters."Another Singaporean patient confirmed on Saturday is a 66-year-old man. He was detected from surveillance of persons working at dormitories, even though he is asymptomatic.
The MOH also announced four new clusters, of which three of them are dormitories. The dormitories are at 79 Kaki Bukit Industrial Terrace, 208 Woodlands Industrial Park E5 and 230 Woodlands Industrial Park E5. The last cluster is at The Florence Residences construction site at 713 Hougang Avenue 2.
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