George Yang, Author at Goody Feed

The number of daily COVID-19 cases is like Singapore's weather: you can't predict what's coming but you more or less know what's coming. Case in point? There's no community case...again. As of 12pm today (26 Feb), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 infection. All of them are imported cases. This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 59,913. Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 3 cases in the week before to 4 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 1 case in the week before to 2 cases in the past week. 1 of the Community Cases Reported on 25 Feb is an Enrichment School Teacher According to MOH's press release, one of the community cases reported yesterday is a 27-year-old Singapore PR working as an enrichment school teacher. She works at the Yishun branch of Berries World of Learning School located on 18 Yishun Avenue 9. She experienced symptoms, a runny nose, on 23 Feb after work and went to a GP clinic the next day. During her visit, she was tested for Covid-19. Her result returned positive on 25 Feb 2021 and she was sent to Singapore General Hospital in an ambulance. Her serological test result is still pending. School Temporarily Closed Her workplace, the Yishun branch of Berries World of Learning School, will be closed until 28 Feb 2021 for cleaning and disinfection. All identified close contacts, including colleagues and family members, have been isolated and placed on quarantine. They will be tested at the start and end of their quarantine period to detect asymptomatic cases. Serological tests will also be conducted. Epidemiological investigations are still ongoing. Other Community Case Was Vaccinated The other community case is a 33-year-old Malaysian working as a lashing specialist with PSA. He is an asymptomatic case. When he arrived from Malaysia on 23 Dec 2020, he served the mandatory SHN period and his test during his SHN on 3 Jan 2021 returned negative. He was detected when he took the swab test again as part of the Rostered Routine Testing (RRT), and the pooled result returned positive. He took an individual test on 23 Feb and his returns returned positive on 24 Feb 2021, upon which he was sent to NCID. His serological test results returned positive, indicating that it's likely a current infection. His previous RRT testing, conducted on 13 Feb 2021, returned negative results. It was added that the patient has received both Covid-19 vaccination doses - the first on 22 Jan 2021 and the second on 14 Feb 2021. MOH added that it's not strange that he'll contract Covid-19 as the vaccine requires a few weeks before immunity is granted. 86 Active Cases There are currently 16 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 1 is in critical condition in the intensive care unit. 70 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19. 29 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. Featured Image: Rajaraman Arumugam / Shutterstock.com (Image is for illustration purpose only)

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