New Covid-19 clusters at Henderson Crescent, CGH

[SINGAPORE] Two new Covid-19 clusters at 105 Henderson Crescent and Changi General Hospital (CGH) were announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday (June 25) night.

There are currently 10 and three cases that have been linked to these two new clusters respectively, including cases from previous days.

Cases in the 105 Henderson Crescent cluster include a 70-year-old female retiree. She is a family member and household contact of another case also linked to the cluster on Friday.

She developed a runny nose on Thursday but did not seek medical attention.

She was detected when she was tested on the same day as part of MOH's community surveillance testing for residents of 105 Henderson Crescent on Thursday.

Her test result came back positive the same day. Her serology test result, which indicates how recent an infection is likely to be, is pending.

MOH added the woman received her first vaccine dose on June 10.

The woman and her family member are two of the six cases linked to the new cluster on Friday.

Two cases were also detected and linked to the new CGH cluster, both of whom worked as porters in the hospital.

They are both workplace contacts of another porter who was reported as one of the cases on Thursday by MOH.

In total, 12 linked cases were detected on Friday, including two more cases in the Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre cluster, bringing the total number of cases in the cluster to 87.

There were also three unlinked cases and five imported cases confirmed on Friday, for a total of 20 new cases.

As at Friday noon, 139 patients remained hospitalised, including four in critical condition in the intensive care unit, while 178 were recuperating in community facilities.

Singapore has had 35 deaths from Covid-19 complications, while 15 who tested positive have died of other causes.

THE STRAITS TIMES