Investment banker at DBS and two-year-old boy among 27 new Covid-19 cases in the community
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[SINGAPORE] An investment banker at DBS and a two-year-old boy at My First Skool in Westgate were among 27 community cases reported on Tuesday (May 18).
Also infected were a woman who works at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and an 18-year-old student at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College Central.
The DBS banker - a 46-year-old woman - and the MHA employee - a 57-year-old woman - were among the 11 patients whose infections are currently unlinked, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Another unlinked case was a 40-year-old man who works as a vending machine loader and a food delivery rider for Deliveroo and GrabFood.
The remaining 16 are linked to previous cases.
The ITE student's infection has been linked to that of a 53-year-old male Singaporean who works as a personal chauffeur. He was confirmed to have Covid-19 infection on May 14.
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The two-year-old's infection has been linked to that of a 35-year-old woman who was confirmed as having Covid-19 on May 15.
Fourteen of the community cases had already been quarantined.
The new cases take Singapore's total to 61,651.
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