The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced 3 more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) on Feb. 12, 2020.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Singapore up to 50.
Two of the new cases are linked to the Grace Assembly of God Church, while another worked at the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC).
All three new patients are Singaporean citizens who do not have a recent history of travel to China.
DBS
Patient 50 works at DBS at the MBFC Tower 3.
This information was revealed earlier today, after a picture of an internal email addressed to DBS staff was circulated on social media.
As a precautionary measure, all 300 staff members on Level 43 have been evacuated and they will be working from home for the time being.
The email stated that office premises, which includes common areas such as the lift lobbies and toilets, will be deep cleansed, and emphasised that the health and well-being of the staff remains a top priority.
The company also promised to provide support for those who are on Leave of Absence, such as receiving basic grocery packs and daily check-ins by the human resource team.
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This is the second confirmed case at MBFC. An earlier case was identified on Feb. 9, involving a patient who had visited the premises for a short while on Jan. 30.
Church
The other two patients attended the Grace Assembly of God Church, both work at the Tanglin and Bukit Batok branches.
Patient 48
Patient 48 is a 34-year-old male Singaporean who stays at Bukit Batok St 25.
He has no recent travel history to China but was in Malaysia on Jan. 26, 2020.
He reported onset of symptoms on Feb. 1, and had sought treatment at four general practitioner (GP) clinics on Feb. 2, Feb. 4, Feb. 7, Feb. 9 and Feb. 10.
He went to National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on Feb. 10, and was subsequently confirmed to have Covid-19 infection on Feb. 11 afternoon.
Prior to hospital admission, he had visited Plaza Singapura (68 Orchard Road), Star Vista (1 Vista Exchange Green) and Fusionopolis (1 Fusionopolis Place). He also went to work at Grace Assembly of God (Tanglin) (355 Tanglin Road) and Grace Assembly of God (Bukit Batok) (1 Bukit Batok West Avenue 4).
Patient 49
Patient 49 is 46-year-old Singaporean who stays at Toh Guan Road.
He reported onset of symptoms on Feb. 3, and sought treatment at a GP clinic on Feb. 8. He went to the emergency department at the National University Hospital (NUH) on Feb. 8 and was discharged on the same day.
He was admitted to NUH on Feb. 10 and subsequent test results confirmed he's infected on Feb. 11 afternoon.
Prior to hospital admission, he had gone to work at Grace Assembly of God (Tanglin) and Grace Assembly of God (Bukit Batok).
Updates
As of Feb. 12, six more people of the previous cases have been discharged.
This makes a total of 15 people that have been discharged so far.
However, 35 remain in hospital. Of this 35, eight are currently in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
MOH has also identified links of nine confirmed cases to the cluster at Yong Thai Hang medicine shop.
Three more cases are also linked to the private business meeting at Grand Hyatt.
Of the 50 cases thus far, two are Bangladesh nationals, one is an Indonesian foreign domestic worker and the rest comprise Singapore residents or Chinese nationals.
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Top photo from Grace Assembly of God Facebook page.