NTUC Foodfare cluster grows to nine, Hong Ye Group cluster up to 21

[SINGAPORE ] Two more Covid-19 patients have been linked to the NTUC Foodfare cluster, while another four have been linked to the Hong Ye Group cluster, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (May 31).

This brings the number of patients in the NTUC Foodfare cluster up to nine, while the Hong Ye Group cluster now numbers 21.

The new cases in the NTUC Foodfare cluster are a 33-year-old supervisor at Hua Zai HK Style Roasted Delight Rice Noodle, who is the household contact of five previously reported patients, and a 33-year-old kitchen assistant at Hua Zai HK Style Roasted Delights.

The four new members of the Hong Ye Group cluster are an 18-year-old cleaner at Changi Business Park, an 18-year-old full-time National Serviceman, an unemployed 16-year-old and an 11-year-old student at New Town Primary School.

Separately, an administrative worker at White Sands Primary School and a student at Chua Chu Kang Primary School also tested positive for the virus. The administrative worker was one of three unlinked patients reported on Monday.

The other 13 have been linked, for a total of 16 community cases. There were also seven imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice on arrival in Singapore.

Four of the imported cases are Singaporeans or permanent residents. This adds up to a 23 a total of coronavirus cases confirmed on Monday, taking Singapore's total to 62,051.

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