123 New Covid-19 Cases Reported Today (20 Jul); 11 In The Community

While Hong Kong is fretting over more than a hundred new cases reported on 19 Jul 2020, Singaporeans are probably heaving a sigh of relief at the number of new cases reported today.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) preliminarily reported 123 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore today.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 48,035.

There are two imported cases who have been placed on Stay-Home-Notice upon their arrival in Singapore.

The figure also includes 11 cases in the community; 5 Singaporean/PR cases and 6 work pass holders.

Foreign workers residing in dormitories make up a vast majority of the cases.

Cinema Listed as a Place Infectious COVID-19 Has Been To Within a Week Upon Reopening

It hasn’t been long since cinemas were allowed to reopen for business again.

Yet 6 days later, a cinema was identified as a place a Covid-19 patient has been to.

Yesterday (19 July), the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 257 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number to 47,912.

Other than the case numbers, the ministry also added 16 new entries to the list of places where Covid-19 patients have visited during their infectious periods.

The coronavirus is pretty social, indeed.

It includes several eateries, hawker centres and a few shopping malls, including a cinema hall at Bugis+.

In case you can’t read it, here are the new places added to the list:

• Chong Pang City Wet Market & Food Centre
• Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre
• Ocean Curry Fish Head
• Mustafa Centre
• HAO Mart
• Thasevi Food
• the ActiveSG Gym at Fernvale Square
• yakitori restaurant LECOQ
• a SaladStop! outlet at The Metropolis
• food stall 313 KPT
• VivoCity
• IMM
• Sun Plaza
• Hall 6 of FilmGarde cinema at Bugis+.

You can view the full list of places here.

Monitor Your Health Carefully:

MOH also said that if you’re in the same area within the same timeframe as the Covid-19 patients, you should monitor your own health carefully.

Should you find yourself developing symptoms for acute respiratory infections, you should see a doctor immediately.

As of July 2020, all individuals, 13 years old and above, will be required to undergo the swab test when they visit a doctor for ARI for the first time, although healthcare professionals have come out to say that the test is “uncomfortable, but relatively painless”.

As for the places that were identified, MOH says that people do not need to avoid them.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) will engage the operators to do a thorough cleaning and disinfection of the affected premises before it is open to the public again.

All close contacts have been identified, MOH added.

Now that you know about the current Covid-19 situation in Singapore, you might as well just watch our video on how WiFi routers work and how you can make them fast even at home: