As of 12pm, MOH has preliminarily confirmed an additional 528 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
Majority are Work Permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.
Of the 528 cases, 8 are Singaporeans/PRs.
MOH will share further updates in its press release that will be issued later tonight.
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According to a video published by Facebook page SG Road Vigilante. An Audi driver was caught hurling vulgarities and intimidating at a road user at Tampines Avenue 9.
SG Road Vigilante’s Facebook said that the incident happened on Apr 20 at 2.30 pm.
He repeatedly shouts at the other driver: “You want to play right?”
The coronavirus has not only taken the lives of many and affecting business worldwide, familiar big brands are also affected.
According to a media release, 56 stores that are in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau will be closed.
The company is facing difficulty to sustain its business and the company is expected to lose millions of dollars
The Hong Kong fashion brand will turn its focus to Europe instead.
“The whole industry has been affected by the global crisis. We first felt the impacts in Asia and now in Europe, where many of our stores have been closed. This is forcing us to look at the contribution all markets make to the group’s performance,”
According to the Police, a boy has gone missing
The boy has been missing since Tuesday morning (28/04/2020) 0507 AM, The Police has put it on on Twitter to appeal for information regarding the boy’s whereabouts
If found, please call 999.
According to the media release, another 14 more people were tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday (27 April 2020) at the Acacia welfare home.
The first case was first reported a day earlier(26th April), where a 62-year-old resident was tested positive.
This brings the total positive cases in the cluster to 15. Acacia home is located at 30 Admiralty St, Singapore 757441
167 people who are linked to the cluster has been tested so far. The 167 included residents, staff and contractors.
All of the cases are currently warded at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
According to Minister of Health Gan Kim Yong, they are stepping up the rate of testing for migrant workers.
He said that so far 21,000 workers living in dormitories have been tested since the start of the COVID-19. Singapore has 323,000 migrant workers
That means that We have only tested 1 in 15 workers and we are seeing more than 10,000 confirmed cases. This suggests that only 6.5% of the workers have been tested
He revealed that the numbers of daily testing have increased from an average of testing 2,900 workers to 8000 test.
According to Lawrence Wong
“This capability to ramp up to build up more testing capacity is critical, as we seek eventually to resume and restart our economy, but an important point to note is that testing, while as critical and important as it is, cannot be a substitute for personal responsibility and safe distancing measures.
So we go back to the fundamentals and ask everyone during this period, to stay home, uphold good personal hygiene, and for those who are in the essential workforce, even as we start to test more of these people who are working, anyone who is now in the essential workforce should still continue to take precautions meaning to say, as they go to work, minimise contact with their colleagues, don’t go to work, and then end up socialising during lunch break, or during rest, during break times and the pantry or outside the workplace. Minimise all contact, go to work, go back home. And if you’re not feeling well it’s critical. Don’t go to work.”
Earlier in April, NEA reports that there are five people who died from dengue. The number has since rised to 7 people.
According to NEA, the number of cases in 2020 has hit over 6000. Compared to 2019, the figure is more than doubled for the same period.
So far all the victims were between the age of 60 to 80 years old and belong within the dengue clusters.
NEA warns that if no immediate action is taken the number of dengue cases are expected to exceed the figure in 2019.
NEA has been working with the Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI) to ensure that pest control operators (PCOs) can continue with their critical vector control works, as vector control services are classified as essential services during the circuit breaker period.
As of 27 April, there are 799 more new cases, 2 more deaths and 7 more new clusters
MOH said that the death cases is an 81 and 82-year-old man, they are cases 1595 and case 9682. Both men are Singaporeans.
Out of the 799 cases, 14 are Singaporeans/PR, four of them work pas holders. MOH stated that the average number of community cases has gone down from 29 cases a day to 20 cases a day.
Continue Increase For Work Permit Holders Outside of Dormitories
The number of new cases amongst Work Permit holders residing outside dormitories has continued to increase, from an average of 23 cases per day in the week before, to an average of 24 per day in the past week.
Average number of unknown cases has also dropped from 19 to 13 a day.
As of 12pm, MOH has preliminarily confirmed an additional 799 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
The majority are Work Permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.
Of the 799 cases, 14 are Singaporeans/PRs.
MOH will share further updates in its press release that will be issued later tonight.
A male resident of a welfare home on Admiralty Street was diagnosed with the coronavirus. (Singapore 757441)
The Ministry of Social and Family Development issued a statement saying that the 62-year-old male household has been infected by the virus and stays in Acacia Home. This orphanage is managed by Sathya Sai Social Services and is funded by the authorities to specifically assist the needy.
The authorities are conducting contact tracing tracking, and the welfare home will not accept new residents during this period.
The welfare home has been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. All staff and residents has been send for testing of the Coronavirus.
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