MOH confirms 13 new Covid-19 cases
Singapore
THIRTEEN new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Singapore, nine of them linked to a dinner at Safra Jurong on Feb 15, the Ministry of Health said on Friday. Two others are believed to be imported cases, one linked to a previous case, and the last with no known links yet.
The private dinner function at Joy Garden restaurant is now linked to 17 cases in total. The nine new cases are Singaporeans between the ages of 33 and 70. Not all were at the dinner.
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