Pre-school, 2 Nurseries Among Covid-19 Clusters in Singapore

wo nurseries and a pre-school are among the newest COVID-19 clusters in Singapore which has reported 1,012 new cases, 90 of which were residents of dormitories for foreign workers. Health authorities are keeping an in depth eye on the amount of COVID-19 cases within the medical care Unit (ICU) to make sure Singapore’s health system isn’t overwhelmed, minister of finance Lawrence Wong said on Sunday.

There are currently 14 people within the ICU, but this number can change very quickly, Wong said during a Facebook post. The Ministry of Health (MOH) listed four more large clusters on Sunday – Woodlands Care Home, Windsor Convalescent Home and My Little Campus in Yishun housing project estate also as Toa Payoh Lorong (street) 8 Market and Food Centre, one among the most important housing project estates here.

The cluster at Woodlands Care Home has 12 cases, including 11 residents and one staffer . The Windsor Convalescent Home cluster features a total of 10 cases, comprising nine residents and one staffer .

At pre-school My Little Campus (Yishun), there are a complete of 11 cases within the cluster – nine students and two staff members, consistent with a Channel News Asia report. The cluster at Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre features a total of 41 cases, comprising 24 staff members and 17 household contacts. All workers at the market and food centre are going to be tested for COVID-19, the MOH said.

These are among 16 large clusters the MOH is monitoring. the opposite clusters include Jamiyah home , DHL Supply Chain Advanced Regional Centre, Avery Lodge Dormitory, Blue Stars Domitory, Pfizer Asia Pacific Pte Ltd also as two public bus interchanges, the Channel reported. there have been 873 patients warded in hospital, most of whom were well and under observation, said the MOH.

Of these, 118 cases of great illness required oxygen supplementation and 21 were in critical condition within the ICU. Among those that fell very ill were 116 seniors above the age of 60.

Over the last 28 days, the share of local cases who were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms was 98.1 per cent. As of Sunday, Singapore has reported a complete of 77,804 COVID-19 cases and 60 deaths from the disease.

Sunday’s new local cases included 321 seniors above the age of 60, said the MOH. there have been three imported cases, those arriving here from abroad on Sunday with the remainder 919 community cases and 90 dormitory residents infected locally.

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