5 COVID-19 Cases Today (27 Dec) & They’re All Imported

You might be in a bad mood today since today marks the last day of the long weekend, but fret not; at least the daily report is consistent and we’re heading towards Phase 3 tomorrow.

As of 12pm today (27 December 2020), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 5 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

All of them are imported.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 58,524.

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 currently unlinked.

Another COVID-19 Case Investigated for Possible Links to Mandarin Orchard Infections

Yesterday, 10 new Covid-19 cases were reported, and out of the 10, one is a 37-year-old Lebanese man who had served SHN at Mandarin Orchard Hotel before being shifted to another facility on 20 Dec 2020.

All ten cases are asymptomatic cases, MOH reveals, and were detected after “proactive screening and surveillance”.

The man, who came to Singapore from Qatar, tested negative for his Covid-19 swabs on 19 and 21 Dec 2020.

His swab on 24 Dec 2020, however, came back positive.

When a serological test was conducted, his result returned negative, indicating that it is not likely a past infection.

MOH says that they are now investigating to check if he is linked to the 13 other cases from Mandarin Orchard Hotel.

If this sounds familiar, it’s because one day before that, a similar incident occurred.

On Christmas day, MOH reported that a Singapore PR arrived from the Philippines on 10 December and served SHN at Mandarin Orchard Singapore.

He was moved to another dedicated facility on 20 December when MOH commenced investigations into the 13 previously reported cases who had served SHN at Mandarin Orchard Singapore between 22 October and 11 November 2020.

He was swabbed on 19 December and 21 December and his test results came back negative for COVID-19 infection.

As a precautionary measure, he was swabbed again on completion of SHN on 24 December and went home following the test.

His test result came back positive that night and he was conveyed to the hospital the next day.

Investigations for his case is also ongoing to check if he is linked to the 13 cases previously reported from Mandarin Orchard Hotel.

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