While it’s been a rather emotional roller-coaster for a number of passengers in a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the number of new COVID-19 cases daily has remained stable.
Today (10 December 2020), as of 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 6 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
All of them are imported.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 58,297.
Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has remained low, with a total of 1 case in the past week, who is linked to a previous case.
Cruise Case is False Positive
A final confirmatory test conducted by the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) on 10 December 2020 has confirmed that the 83 year-old male Singaporean on board Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas does not have COVID-19 infection.
The sample taken from the individual this morning came back negative for the virus. This follows two Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests conducted yesterday by NPHL, one on a re-test of his original sample, and the other on a fresh sample taken yesterday, which had also come back negative.
MOH has since rescinded the Quarantine Orders of his close contacts, who had earlier been placed on quarantine as a precautionary measure while investigations were ongoing.
They will support the laboratory on board the Quantum of the Seas in its review of its testing processes.
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