On March 19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced 32 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Singapore.
This brings the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Singapore to 345.
Of the new reported cases, 24 were imported.
Out of the 24 imported cases, 13 or more than half of the cases were from the United Kingdom.
Seven more cases have recovered and were discharged from the hospital, bringing the total number of discharged patients to 124.
Another 15 patients remain in the ICU.
12 imported cases from the UK
Below is a summary of the 13 imported cases from the United Kingdom.
- Case 315, 57-year-old Singaporean male with travel history to the UK.
- Case 317, 29-year-old Singaporean male with travel history to the UK.
- Case 320, 34-year-old male Singapore PR with travel history to the UK.
- Case 323, 24-year-old male Singaporean with travel history to the UK.
- Case 324, 45-year-old male Brazil citizen who holds a Singapore work pass with travel history to the UK.
- Case 325, 38-year-old male Filipino who holds a Singapore work pass with travel history to the UK.
- Case 326, 33-year-old male Singaporean with travel history to the UK and the Netherlands.
- Case 328, 63-year-old female Singapore PR with travel history to the UK and Switzerland.
- Case 331, 49-year-old female Singapore PR with travel history to the UK.
- Case 332, 36-year-old female U.S. citizen who holds a Singapore long-term pass with travel history to the UK.
- Case 341, 31-year-old male German citizen who holds a Singapore work pass with travel history to the UK.
- Case 343, 20-year-old female Singapore PR with travel history to the UK.
- Case 344, 21-year-old female Singaporean with travel history to the UK.
Besides the 13 imported cases, there is also one locally linked case (Case 345) with travel history to the UK.
All Travellers entering S’pore to have 14-day Stay-Home Notice
A day ago, MOH announced that all travellers entering Singapore, no matter where they came from, will be issued a Stay-Home Notice from Mar. 20, 11:59pm.
This applies to all Singaporeans, Permanent Residents, Long Term Pass holders and short term visitors entering Singapore.
This is part of the enhanced precautionary travel restriction measures announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Mar. 18.
In a press conference on Sunday (Mar. 15), National Development Minister Lawrence Wong noted that some of the countries under travel restrictions imposed by the Singapore government have "abandoned any attempt" at containing the spread of the virus.
Wong said that the UK and Switzerland had said so "publicly", noting that "if there is no deliberate effort to contain, then we anticipate that the numbers of infected cases in these countries will rise even more sharply in the coming days or weeks".
However on March 17, Foreign Policy reported that the UK would abandon its approach, after projections indicated that allowing the virus to spread would overwhelm Britain's National Health Service.
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