AMONG 334 NEW CASES: The 22-year-old Singapore General Hospital nurse and 41-year-old Tan Tock Seng Hospital doctor tested positive for the virus yesterday. Both had not gone to work since developing symptoms.
The city-state’s 10th fatality from COVID-19 complications is a 70-year-old Singaporean man. The ministry also confirmed a new cluster linked to PPT Lodge 1A dormitory at 8 Seletar North Link
The Singapore General Hospital nurse subsequently tested positive for the virus on Monday and is currently warded at the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital . She had not gone to work since developing symptoms.The 41-year-old Singaporean man, who has no recent travel history to affected countries or regions, reported developing symptoms on 9 April.
Tuesday’s addition of a new cluster means at least 20 of them linked to foreign worker dormitories have been identified thus far, including the largest cluster of 718 cases linked to S11 Dormitory@Punggol. Those caught flouting the enhanced safe distancing measures for the first time will be given a composition fine of $300, and a $1,000 fine for the second time.
Part of the “circuit breaker” measures – announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 3 April – include the closure of schools and most workplaces. Only essential services like food establishments, markets and supermarkets, transport, and key banking services will remain open during the month-long closure.
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