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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 102 new cases of COVID-19 at noon on Thursday, five in the network and six imported infections, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
This brings the total number of Singapore to 55,497, and deaths remain at 27.
Four of the imported COVID-19s reported on Thursday were sailors arriving in Singapore in a shipment from India on 8 August.
The 4 Filipino citizens, with a special pass, are also connected to the Filipino sailor, reported in Wednesday’s update.
The four men, aged between 24 and 33, had disembarked from the shipment after arriving in Singapore, the ministry of fitness said.
They reported having had symptoms between 9 and 12 August and were washed aboard the vessel, where they remained until the effects of the control yielded positive results for COVID-1nine, the Ministry of Health said. They were then taken by ambulance to a hospital.
The other two imported cases are Singaporeans: a 30-year-old man who returned from the Philippines on 11 August and a 25-year-old who returned from the United Arab Emirates on 1 August.
Both had been launched upon arrival in Singapore and had proven their notification.
COMMUNITY CASES
Of the cases of networked painting, one is a permanent resident of Singapore and 4 have a paint permit, the Ministry of Health said.
The permanent resident, a 44-year-old woman, had been known as a touch with a case in the past and quarantined he before. It was tested at 40.
The other 4 netpainting infections are lately similar to other cases. Men, aged between 20 and 50, carry paintings from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Malaysia.
Three of these cases were known as a result of a regular review of an essential service staff living in outdoor dormitories.
The remaining case was tested as a component of efforts to detect others in COVID-19 front-line operations, the Ministry of Health said.
The remaining 91 new instances are similar to migrant dormitories.
The Ministry of Health said Thursday that the number of new ones in the network has remained solid at an average of two consistent with the day over the more than two weeks.
The number of unrelated instances in the network has remained strong on average in a case consistent with the day over the next two weeks.
“We will continue to monitor these figures to a large extent, as well as the instances detected by our surveillance program,” the ministry of fitness said.
Another 216 instances of COVID-19 have been discharged from the hospital, the ministry of fitness said Thursday. A total of 50,736 people have recovered from the infection and have been released.
NEW LOCATION ADDED, 10 ADDITIONAL GROUPS CLOSED
On Thursday, the Ministry of Health also added VivoCity’s Golden Village Cinema to a list of public places visited through the COVID-19 network instances in its infectious period.
The cinema visited through a case of COVID-19 between 3:40 p.m. 6:25 p.m. July 30.
The Ministry of Health also announced the closure of 10 groups of dormitories. They include: 79 Kaki Bukit Industrial Terrace, 9A Tech Park Crescent, 10 Tech Park Crescent, 55 Tuas South Avenue 1, 15 Tuas View Close, 36 Tuas View Square, 38 Tuas View Square, 54/56 Tuas View Square, 145 Tuas Square View and Hai Leck Engineering Pte Ltd (12 Tuas Drive 1).
The bedrooms have been cleaned through the interinstitutional organization and now only those that recovered and those that recently tested negative for COVID-19 infection are left, the Ministry of Health said.
SINGAPORE TO RESUME A LIFE TRIP WITH JAPAN
Singapore and Japan announced Thursday that the two countries had agreed to resume business travel, with officials tasked with finalizing the agreement in early September.
Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and his Japanese counterpart, Motegi Toshimitsu, welcomed the “ongoing negotiations” on the status quo of a special “residence path” as early as September this year.
This will provide a “special cross-border travel quota for business and professional leaders (work pass holders)” with the mandatory public aptitude promises in place, adding 14 days of stay upon arrival to the respective countries, he said.
Ministers also agreed on the “main points” of a Business Track (Reciprocal Green Lane), in which short-term business travelers would be subject to a controlled itinerary during the first 14 days of their vacation with the mandatory promises set, he added. .
The announcement was made on Mr Motegi’s official scale in Singapore from 12 to 14 August.
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