{"id":9456,"date":"2021-05-09T18:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T10:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9456"},"modified":"2021-05-09T18:30:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T10:30:44","slug":"indian-national-with-travel-history-from-msia-among-13-imported-cases-in-spore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9456","title":{"rendered":"Indian national with travel history from M’sia among 13 imported cases in S’pore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SINGAPORE, May 9 — A 32 year-old Indian national who has a travel history from Malaysia was among the 13 new imported cases of COVID-19 reported here Saturday, according to the republic’s  Ministry of Health (MOH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its full data released late last night, MOH said he is a Short-Term Visit Pass holder is a sea crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labelled as Case 62944, the man who is asymptomatic arrived onboard a vessel from Malaysia and was tested for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had not disembarked except to go for COVID-19 testing, and was conveyed to the hospital when his result came back positive, said the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, a\u00a027 year-old Malaysian man was\u00a0among the seven\u00a0new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection reported here Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Labelled as Case 62938, the work permit holder works as a car groomer at BlackNano Pte Ltd, Bukit Batok Crescent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe does not typically interact with customers,\u201d said the ministry, adding that he is a family member and household contact of four other reported cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The test result of the man who is asymptomatic came back positive on May 7 and his serology test result is negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same man is linked to a Case 61822 cluster, a 23 year-old male Indian national who was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on April 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As at noon yesterday, Singapore reported a total of 20 new cases bringing the total caseload to 61,331.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, there have been 10 COVID-19 clusters in the republic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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