68 New Covid-19 Cases Reported Today; 0 Cases In The Community

2020-08-20 , 3:59 pm

Today is 20 Aug 2020 and we have now dropped to a new low in daily figures reported.

As of 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) preliminarily reported 68 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore.

There are zero community cases and two imported cases, both of which were placed on Stay-Home-Notice when they arrived in Singapore.

A vast majority of the cases are migrant workers who are currently under quarantine.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 56,099.

Details On 19 Aug Cases

Yesterday, there were 2 cases in the community.

The two cases in the community are work permit holders.

Both are asymptomatic cases and were picked up as part of MOH’s proactive screening of workers in essential services living outside the dormitories.

Identified close contacts of the two cases have been placed on quarantine and epidemiological investigations are ongoing.

There were also 6 imported cases reported:

Two Singaporeans (56046 and 56105) ad returned to Singapore from India (7 Aug) and UAE (8 Aug).
Two Dependant’s pass holders (56113 and 56114) returned to Singapore from India on 10 Aug 2020.
One work permit holder (56023) arrived in Singapore from China on 7 Aug.
One student’s pass holder (56024) who arrived in Singapore from Vietnam on 7 Aug 2020.

All of the imported cases were placed on Stay-Home-Notice the moment they arrived in Singapore and were all detected during their SHN.

You can find out more information here.

All Standalone Quarantine Facilities in Dorms Are Cleared of COVID-19 Too, So We Might Finally See Fewer Cases

As of 19 Aug 2020, all dormitories, including standalone quarantine facilities are cleared of Covid-19.

No, they didn’t transport the workers to be quarantined at other places like Big Box.

All migrant workers living within the quarantine facilities have come to the end of their isolation or quarantine period, and are cleared of Covid-19, the ministry announced.

This means that moving forward, we might be looking at a drastically lower daily figure, given how foreign workers in dormitories make up a vast majority of the cases.

Previously, the Ministry of Health explained that because foreign workers in isolation have a higher chance of being infected, and they’re in the process of clearing them, the number of Covid-19 cases may increase in the coming days.

Since they’re now cleared, it’s likely that the number of daily cases will fall significantly.

Maybe. After all, you never know with Covid-19.

More workers are returning to work too with 20,000 more workers expected to be given the “Green AccessCode”.

Whether they’ll be given the code also depends on whether safety requirements have been fulfilled, such as the installation of TraceTogether and the updating of addresses.

Their code can also be taken back if their employers fail to schedule them for their bi-weekly swab test.

On a separate note, 293 people who visited the Khatib Hometeamns Clubhouse’s Jewel KTV has been swabbed.

There are 28 people remaining and so far, 193 of the swabs have tested negative.

The remaining 100 tests are pending results.

68 New Covid-19 Cases Reported Today; 0 Cases In The Community

Details On 19 Aug Cases

All Standalone Quarantine Facilities in Dorms Are Cleared of COVID-19 Too, So We Might Finally See Fewer Cases

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