Dorm resident among 14 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore
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[SINGAPORE] The sole locally transmitted case of Covid-19 reported on Tuesday (April 20) is a 35-year-old male Bangladeshi national who had received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination.
He showed symptoms despite having received his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on March 12 and the second dose on April 13.
He is employed as a construction supervisor by Prosper Environment & Engineering and works at Sembcop Marine Admiralty Yard in the Admiralty area, said the Ministry of Health.
The work permit holder - who arrived in Singapore in July 2019 - is a dormitory resident and has been classified as a dormitory case.
He stays at Westlite Woodlands Dormitory in Woodlands.
There were 13 other new coronavirus cases confirmed, all imported, for a total of 14 cases on Tuesday.
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