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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 30 new cases of Covid-19 in Singapore as of 12pm on May 25. 18 cases are in the community.

Among the community cases announced today (May 25), MOH said that two of the cases are linked to the JEM and Westgate cluster, which now has a total of 53 confirmed cases.

Both cases are students, and were already quarantined when they tested positive.

Case 63704

Case 63704 is a 13 year-old male Singaporean who is a student at Kranji Secondary School. He had last gone to school on May 17, and is a family member of Case 63524, who tested positive for Covid-19 on May 20.

He was placed on quarantine on May 21. He developed a fever on May 23 and reported his symptom. He was tested for Covid-19 on the same day and his test result came back positive for Covid-19 infection on May 24. His serology test result is negative.

Case 63707

Case 63707 is a seven year-old male Singaporean who is a student at Rulang Primary School and had last gone to school on May 14. He is a family member and household contact of Cases 63417 and 63508.

He was placed on quarantine on May 17, and tested for Covid-19 on 19 May during quarantine, and his test result was negative. He later developed a fever on May 23 and reported his symptom.

He was tested for Covid-19 again on May 23 and his test result came back positive for Covid-19 infection on May 24. His serology test result is pending.

Background

A cleaner who works at Park Avenue Rochester may have been the source of infection at JEM and Westgate, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday, May 24 in its evening Covid-19 update.

The cleaner (Case 62933) works at the Stay-Home Notice (SHN) facility at Park Avenue Rochester, and had been to Westgate on May 6. She tested positive for Covid-19 infection on May 7.

The two shopping malls had been asked to closed for two weeks, from May 23 to June 6, as there is likely ongoing transmission among individuals who visited these malls.

MOH has also extended the free swab test to those who visited the two malls from May 10 to May 22, instead of the original May 10 to May 14 period.

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