Things are changing once again; it was just announced that dining-in will be allowed from 21 June onwards but only in a group size of 2. And today’s report will tell you why such strict limitations are still imposed.
As of 12pm today (18 Jun), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 16 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
14 of them are community cases, with 4 currently unlinked. The remaining two are imported cases.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 62,382.
Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 40 cases in the week before to 93 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 7 cases in the week before to 18 cases in the past week.
Sole Unlinked Case Works as a Counter Staff in McDonald’s & is Fully Vaccinated
The only unlinked case reported yesterday is a 72-year-old Singaporean who works as a counter staff at McDonald‘s (Tiong Bahru Plaza).
She is asymptomatic, and was tested on 16 June as part of the health ministry’s surveillance testing for staff who work at Tiong Bahru Plaza.
Her test returned a positive result on the same day and her serology test result is pending.
The woman has been fully vaccinated, having received her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on 8 March and the second dose on 29 March.
115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre Cluster
The Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre remains our main source of new community infections.
17 new cases were added to the cluster yesterday, namely:
- a 32-year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who works as an administrative staff at MSIG Insurance
- Â a 73-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a stall assistant at Tiong Bahru Yong Tao Hu (56 Eng Hoon Street)
- an 87-year-old Singaporean woman who works at a sundry store at 115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre
- Â a 52-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a food store vendor at 115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre
- Â a 14-year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who is a student at Bukit Merah Secondary School
- a 3-year-old Singaporean girl who does not attend any childcare facility
- a 69-year-old Indian woman who is currently unemployed
- Â a 50-year-old Indian woman who is unemployed
- Â a 5-year-old male Singapore Permanent Resident who is a student at PCF Sparkletots Preschool (Henderson)
- Â a 13-year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who is a student at Bukit Merah Secondary School
- Â a 62-year-old Singaporean woman who is a homemaker
- a 69-year-old Singaporean man who is a retiree, and helps out at a food stall at 115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre
- Â a 60-year-old Singaporean woman who works at Bioinfocomm Pte Ltd, and frequently visited 115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre
- a 36-year-old Singaporean man who works as a shipping operator at Skyline Shipping Pte Ltd
- a 65-year-old Singaporean man who works as a part-time food stall assistant at 115 Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre
- a 23-year-old Singaporean woman who works as a patient service associate at Singapore General Hospital
- a 10-year-old Singaporean girl who is a student at Zhangde Primary School
The 3-year-old was placed on quarantine on 14 June after being identified as a family member and household contact of two previous cases.
She was tested for COVID-19 on 15 June during quarantine, and developed a fever and cough on the same day. Her test returned a positive result on 16 June. Her serology test result is negative.
The cluster has now grown to 56 cases.
Read more about the other cases here.
372 Active Cases
There are currently 151 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 1 is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
221 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19.
34 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
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