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Singapore reports 33 new COVID-19 cases, all imported; highest since Sep 15 - The Strait Times

Singapore reported 33 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Saturday (Jan 2), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its preliminary update. All of them were imported infections and placed on stay-home notice or isolated upon their arrival in Singapore. This is the highest number of COVID-19 cases reported since Sep 15, when 34 cases were reported. Of the 33 new cases, six are permanent residents and nine are foreign domestic workers. No locally transmitted cases were reported on Saturday. 

On Friday, Singapore reported three community cases - two of whom were linked to clusters involving workers in the marine sector.  One of them is a 14-year-old Raffles Girls' School student, the second person from the school to test positive for COVID-19. The new infection, known as Case 58870, is a friend of the frist case who tested positive on dec 31, a day after her family member - the marine surveyorat Lloyd's Register Singapore - tested positive. According to MOH, Case 58870 had visited her friend at her home for a few hours on Dec 27. During that time, the marine surveyor was present. 

On Friday, MOH also said that Mandarin Orchard had been approved to reopen after investigations found no further transmission beyond the 13 imported COVID-19 cases who served stay-home notice at the hotel.

All hotel staff tested negative for COVID-19 using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, while serological tests of 11 employees are positive, indicating likely past infections.

"These findings indicate that there is no ongoing transmission at Mandarin Orchard Singapore," said MOH.

The total number of cases in Singapore now stands at 58,662//CNA