77 New Covid-19 Cases Reported (27 Aug) & A Hawker Centre Was Visited 10 Times By Infectious Covid-19 Patients


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As of 12pm on 27 Aug 2020, the Ministry of Health (MOH) preliminarily reported 77 new Covid-19 cases.

This brings the total to 56,572.

There are two cases in the community, both of them Singaporeans, and 5 imported cases.

All imported cases have been placed on Stay-Home-Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore.

Details on 26 Aug 2020 Cases

There were 10 imported cases reported yesterday.

5 of them are Singaporeans or Permanent Residents who arrived in Singapore from India on 14 Aug 2020.

Another two are work pass holders who arrived from India and the Philippines on 14 Aug 2020.

The remaining 3 are Dependant’s Pass Holders and Long-Term Visit Pass Holders who arrived in Singapore from India and the US on 12 and 14 Aug 2020 respectively.

All 10 cases were placed on SHN upon arrival in Singapore at dedicated facilities and detected during their stay.

There were 3 community cases reported, consisting of 1 Singaporean and 2 work pass holders.

Two of them are asymptomatic cases.

Two of the community cases were linked to previously-confirmed cases and were tested positive during their quarantine.

There is 1 case who is unlinked and is tested positive under the enhanced community scheme where people above 13 or above will have to be tested when seeing a doctor for ARI for the first time.

Among the remaining 47 cases belonging to migrant workers living in dormitories, 29 of them were contacts of previously-confirmed cases and were already placed on quarantine.

The other 18 cases were detected through the compulsory bi-weekly swab tests for workers in the construction, marine and processing sectors.

7 of the cases are likely to be past infections.


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One Hawker Centre Has 10 Visits From Infectious Covid-19 Patients

On 26 Aug, a hawker centre was added to MOH’s list of places Covid-19 patients have been to.

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The Block 4A Jalan Batu Hawker Centre in Mountbatten was added to the list by MOH and there were 10 recorded visits of Covid-19 patients between 14 Aug and 23 Aug 2020.

You can find the full list here.

Members of the public do not need to avoid the hawker centre since NEA will work together with the operator to make it the cleanest place in Singapore.

However, if you find yourself at any of the mentioned places within the same timeframe as the infectious Covid-19 patients’ visit, monitor your health for the next 14 days.


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Seek a doctor if you feel even the slightest bit unwell.

Close contacts have already been identified and contacted, the ministry said.

Currently, Singapore’s Covid-19 situation remains well in hand, with the average number of community cases remaining stable at 2 per day, and the number of unlinked cases at 1 per day.