Starting on 18 March 2020, Malaysia will be on lockdown until 31st March 2020. This comes after Malaysia’s cases spiked to 553. After another 125 cases were confirmed today.
Government announces movement restriction from 18-31/3 throughout the country.This restriction includes the cancellation of all religious activities, social activities. All religious houses closed except for groceries stores.
All Malaysian’s banned from travelling overseas.All Malaysians returning from overseas to be on self-quarantine for 14 days.
The country is also banning all foreign tourists. Closure of all schools, kindergartens, public and international schools. Closure of all universities and colleges.
Closure of all government and private offices excluding essential services such as water, post office, power, petrol station and TV, banks, ports, airports, groceries.
15. Case 230 is an imported case involving a 38 year-old female Singapore Citizen who had been in Eastern Europe from 3 March to 14 March. She is currently warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
16. She reported onset of symptoms on 14 March, and presented at NCID on 15 March. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 15 March afternoon.
17. She is employed as an adjunct teaching staff at Republic Polytechnic and Singapore Polytechnic, but had not gone to work since onset of symptoms. She stays at Ewe Boon Road.
6. Case 227 is an imported case involving a 53 year-old male Singapore Citizen who had been in France from 7 March to 12 March. He is currently warded in an isolation room at the National University Hospital (NUH).
7. He reported onset of symptoms on 11 March while in France, and had presented at the emergency department of NUH on 14 March. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 15 March afternoon.
8. He is a staff of Lighthouse Evangelism Church (Tampines Street 82) but had not gone to work since onset of symptoms. He stays at Pasir Panjang Road.
Case 228
9. Case 228 is a 67 year-old male Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to affected countries and regions. He is currently warded in an isolation room at Changi General Hospital (CGH).
10. He reported onset of symptoms on 3 March, and had sought treatment at a general practitioner (GP) clinic and Bedok Polyclinic on 3 March, 11 March and 13 March. He presented at the emergency department of CGH on 13 March. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 15 March afternoon.
11. Prior to hospital admission, he mostly stayed at his home at Sea Breeze Avenue except to seek medical treatment.
Case 229
12. Case 229 is an imported case involving a 26 year-old female Singapore Permanent Resident who had been in Spain from 14 February to 14 March. She is currently warded in an isolation room at NUH. She is a family member of Case 240.
13. She reported onset of symptoms on 15 March, and had sought treatment at a GP clinic on the same day. She presented at NCID on 15 March, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 15 March afternoon.
14. She stays at Kim Keat Road.
Case 230
15. Case 230 is an imported case involving a 38 year-old female Singapore Citizen who had been in Eastern Europe from 3 March to 14 March. She is currently warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
16. She reported onset of symptoms on 14 March, and presented at NCID on 15 March. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 15 March afternoon.
17. She is employed as an adjunct teaching staff at Republic Polytechnic and Singapore Polytechnic, but had not gone to work since onset of symptoms. She stays at Ewe Boon Road.
Case 231
18. Case 231 is an imported case involving a 78 year-old male Australian national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder, and had been in the United States from 23 February to 14 March. He is currently warded in an isolation room at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He is a family member of Case 232.
19. He reported onset of symptoms on 4 March. He presented at the emergency department of SGH on 14 March, and subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 15 March afternoon.
20. He stays in the Robertson Quay area.
Case 232
21. Case 232 is an imported case involving a 65 year-old female Australian national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder, and had been in the United States from 23 February to 14 March. She is currently warded in an isolation room at SGH. She is a family member of Case 231.
22. She reported an onset of symptoms on 2 March while in the United States. She presented at the emergency department of SGH on 14 March. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 15 March afternoon.
23. She stays in the Robertson Quay area.
Case 233
24. Case 233 is an imported case involving a 61 year-old male British national who is a Singapore Long Term Pass holder, and had been in the United Kingdom from 6 March to 14 March. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
Case 234
25. Case 234 is an 86 year-old male Singapore Citizen who has no recent travel history to affected countries and regions. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at SGH.
Case 235
26. Case 235 is a 31 year-old female Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to affected countries and regions. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning and is currently warded in an isolation room at SGH. She is employed as a Medical Social Worker at SGH, and is linked to Case 2081.
Case 236
27. Case 236 is a 30 year-old female Singapore Citizen with no recent travel history to affected countries and regions. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. She is a family member of Case 219, and is linked to Case 1422.
Case 237
28. Case 237 is a 36 year-old female Indonesian national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder, and has no recent travel history to affected countries and regions. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. She is linked to Case 225.
Case 238
29. Case 238 is an imported case involving a 83 year-old female Belgium national who arrived in Singapore on 6 March. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
Case 239
30. Case 239 is an imported case involving a 28 year-old male British national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder, and had been in France from 7 March to 14 March. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
Case 240
31. Case 240 is an imported case involving a 27 year-old male Singapore Permanent Resident, who had been in Spain from 7 March to 14 March. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NUH. He is linked to Case 229.
Case 241
32. Case 241 is an imported case involving a 28 year-old male British national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder, and had been in France from 7 March to 14 March. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
Case 242
33. Case 242 is a 64 year-old female Singapore Citizen who had been in Malaysia on 7 March and 8 March. She was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID. She is a contact of Case 1663.
Case 243
34. Case 243 is an imported case involving a 36 year-old male Singapore Citizen who had been in Germany from 26 February to 29 February, Italy from 29 February to 7 March and Switzerland from 7 March to 14 March. He was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 16 March morning, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
SIM shares a common campus with SUSS at Clementi Road.
The student last attended School on the 12 March 2020
Updates From SIM
“On 15 March, SIM has been informed of a Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) student who was tested positive for COVID-19. This is Case 214.
SUSS shares a common campus with SIM at Clementi Road.
Upon notification of the case, SIM has undertaken deep cleansing and disinfecting of the areas he spent time in.
The part-time SUSS Social Work student was last on campus on March 12. He went straight ot his classroom and left campus after the lesson. SUSS is working closely with the authorities to do Contact Tracing of his close contacts.
He is currently warded at NCID and is coping well.
We will keep up with the cleaning of our campus to remind everyone to be vigilant, monitor their health, practise good personal hygiene and seek medical attention immediately of unwell.
We urge all students to refrain from posting inaccurate information on social media. Should you have any questions, please contact SIM.”
Similarly SUSS also published an update on their Facebook page
[Extract from SUSS Registrar Agnes Kwang’s message – 16 Mar 2020] Full message at: https://bit.ly/2IPIiwc
“One of our part-time Social Work students was tested positive for COVID-19 on 14 March 2020. The student reported onset of symptoms on 5 March 2020, and has no recent travel history to affected countries and regions. He is linked to a case outside of SUSS and was last on campus on the evening of 12 March 2020. He went straight to his classroom and left campus after the lesson.
The student is now under the care of doctors at NCID and is coping well.
Care officers from our Student Support office and our Counselling and Care Centre (C3) have been activated to provide all the necessary support for our student and family.
We are working closely with the relevant authorities and have begun Contact Tracing those who had close contact with the affected student. All those in close contact have already been put on Leave of Absence and some may be put on quarantine later on. Disinfection of the areas in which the affected student spent time has already been completed.
Your safety in our campus is of utmost importance to us. Other important precautionary measures remain in force on campus: – Temperature taking – Travel declarations – Increased frequency of cleaning of campus facilities (up to four times daily)
I urge all of us to stay vigilant and continue to play our part in keeping our campus safe. Please comply with all stated precautionary measures and give your full co-operation.
Continue to practise good personal hygiene, and look out for each other.
Refrain from posting inaccurate information on social media. If you have additional enquiries, please channel these to Student Support email: [email protected] or tel: 62489111.
We have also implemented most of our programmes online to minimise any disruption in your learning. Please continue to make full use of these resources.
You have our commitment that we will do our utmost to continue to keep our campus safe. Our faculty members and staff from Student Support have also been briefed and will be on hand to respond to any additional clarifications that you might have.
Thank you for all your support and cooperation. Let’s continue to rally behind our entire SUSS community, stay resilient and overcome this challenging time together.”
According to a Facebook post by the Singapore Customs, an operation was conducted on the 9 of March leading to the arrest of four suspects.
The operation lasted 3 hours, leading to the arrest of 3 Vietnamese and 1 Singaporean.
A photo of what appears to be a Telegram chat was posted, showing a man advertising for the sale of contraband cigarettes.
Here is their Facebook post:
Singapore Customs conducted a three-hour operation on 9 March 2020 and arrested three Vietnamese and a Singaporean, at three different locations for peddling duty-unpaid cigarettes. Court proceedings against three men are on-going while investigation is on-going for the remaining Vietnamese offender.
Buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, having in possession or dealing with duty-unpaid goods are serious offences under the Customs Act and the GST Act.
Offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded and/or jailed for up to six years. Vehicles used in the commission of such offences are also liable to be forfeited.
According to a Facebook post by Jurong Point, One of the staff that was announced by MOH works at Cashbox Jurong Point.
The affected employee was last at work on 13 March 2020
The location of the shop is #01-16F
Here is the Facebook post
Dear Shoppers,
We would like to inform you that a service staff of CashBox located at #01-16F at Jurong Point was tested positive for COVID-19 on 15 March 2020. The affected employee was last at work on 13 March 2020. Upon notification by the authorities, the affected unit was immediately closed for disinfection by NEA-approved cleaning company. Additionally, we have also disinfected all common areas, escalators, toilets and corridor to the toilets near the affected outlet.
The affected unit is closed, and all staff of this branch and mall staff who have been in close contact with the affected employee will stay at home for 14 days. It will reopen only when all necessary health and safety measures are completed and staff who have not had any contact with the affected employee are redeployed to this outlet.
The well-being of our shoppers remains our top priority. Please be assured that we have stepped up precautionary measures including temperature screening at store-level where relevant, increased the frequency of our mall’s cleaning routine and placed hand sanitisers at high traffic areas, lift lobbies and Customer Service counters for public use.
been in Germany from 27 February to 3 March, and again from 11 March to 12 March, and Switzerland from 3 March to 10 March.
test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 14 March morning.
He stays at Leedon Park. (Holland)
Case 211
35 year-old female Filipino national w
no recent travel history to affected countries and regions.
confirmed COVID-19 infection on 14 March morning.
She stays at Crawford Lane. (Lavender)
Case 212
64 year-old male Indonesian national who arrived in Singapore from Indonesia on 13 March. H
had been hospitalised in a hospital in Indonesia for pneumonia. Upon arrival in Singapore on 13 March, he had sought treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital
test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 14 March morning.
He stayed at Ibis Hotel Novena (6 Irrawaddy Road).
Updates were announced on MOH website last night on 15 March 2020, one of the cases is case 205.
The case was first announced on the 14 March 2020.
Case 205
Case 205 is an imported case involving a 30-year-old female Filipino national who is a Singapore Long Term Visit Pass holderand had been in the Philippines from 27 February to 6 March. She is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 14 March morning.
Prior to hospital admission, she had gone to work at DNATA Cargo (45 Airport Cargo Road).
She stays at Flora Drive. (Changi Area)
MOH Accnoced Travel Advisory
Defer all non-essential travel overseas
Measures from 16 Mar 2359hrs: Incoming residents, long-term pass holders
14-day Stay-Home Notice (SHN): For all w travel history to Mainland China (excl Hubei), Republic of Korea, Iran, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, ASEAN countries, Japan, Switzerland, or UK, in last 14 days
