5 Out Of 8 Community Cases Reported On 30 Aug Due To Family Gathering, Authorities Investigating For Rule Breaches

If you’re a football fan, you’d know that claiming victory too early will often lead to your downfall.

You may be leading and there may only be a few minutes to go, but if you think the game’s already won, your opponents will sneak a couple of goals on you while your head is in the clouds.

Similarly, some people here seem to think we’ve already won our war against the coronavirus, and they’re behaving as if everything is back to normal.

But of course, it isn’t.

5 Out Of 8 Community Cases Reported On 30 Aug Due To Family Gathering, Authorities Investigating For Rule Breaches

5 out of the 8 Covid-19 community cases reported on Sunday (30 Aug) were involved in family gatherings across two households.

The new cluster includes two men aged 20 and 21, two girls aged 14 and 17, and a 12-year-old boy, all of whom are Singaporeans, reported The Straits Times.

The group started showing symptoms between 25 Aug and 29 Aug, except the 12-year-old boy who is asymptomatic.

All five in the cluster are linked to Case 56627 – a 13-year-old boy who was confirmed as a case on 26 Aug.

How?

By participating in family gatherings, of course.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) said it’s investigating to see if there were any breaches of safe distancing rules during these gatherings.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there were. 

“We take a serious view of such breaches and will not hesitate to take enforcement actions against any offenders”, MOH said.

In case you don’t know and have been throwing parties every day since Phase 1 ended, only small group gatherings of up to five people are allowed. Similarly, each household may only receive up to five visitors per day.

Fortunately, the cluster of five was quarantined once they were identified as contacts of Case 56627. They were later tested during quarantine and found to have contracted the disease.

Higher Number of Community Cases 

54 new infections were reported on Sunday, eight of whom were community cases.

This doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s certainly more than we’ve seen in the last couple of weeks.

The number of community cases has increased slightly to an average of three cases a day in the past week, from two in the week before.

The remaining 47 cases comprise 39 migrant workers living in dormitories and seven imported cases.

Singapore now has a total of 56,771 coronavirus cases.

On Sunday, Old Airport Road Food Centre and Shopping Mall and Westgate’s Bank of China branch were added to MOH’s list of public places visited by infectious Covid-19 cases.

The Bank of China at Westgate was patronised between 2.30pm and 3.30pm on 22 Aug, and Old Airport Road Food Centre and Shopping Mall between 10.15am and 11am on 23 Aug.

There’s no need to avoid these places though, as they’ve been thoroughly disinfected. Just monitor your health if you visited these places at the specified times, and see a doctor if you’re unwell.

And please stop organising and participating in family gatherings that breach the current safe distancing rules.

Try avoiding large family gatherings like I’ve been doing even before the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s much safer, and you’ll face fewer interrogative questions about your future.

Meanwhile, a new Covid-19 cluster in the community has been announced.