Looks like Singapore is back to having no locally-transmitted cases.
As of 12pm today (12 Apr), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 25 new cases of COVID-19 infection.
All are imported cases.
This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 60,678.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at 2 cases per week in the past 2 weeks. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at 2 cases per week in the past 2 weeks.
Sole Locally-Transmitted Case on 11 Apr Was Migrant Worker Who Had Been Vaccinated for More Than a Month
20 new COVID-19 infections were reported on Sunday (11 Apr), of whom one was from a dormitory.
The 23-year-old man from India, identified as Case 61822, had already completed his full COVID-19 vaccination regimen more than a month ago.
This is the first COVID-19 case in a dormitory in six weeks, as the last one was reported on 28 February.
He works as a lashing specialist employed by Seafront Support Company and resides in a dormitory located at Brani Terminal Avenue.
His infection was detected on 7 Apr, as part of rostered routine testing. The man’s pooled rostered routine testing result came back positive for COVID-19 on 8 Apr and he was immediately isolated. He was asymptomatic.
An individual test was carried out the next day, and the result came back negative. He was conveyed by an ambulance to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
The 23-year-old received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on 25 Jan and the second dose on 17 Feb.
The man’s serology test result has come back positive but, interestingly, the Ministry of Health (MOH) believes that this is likely a current infection.
They explain that while the man contracted COVID-19 long after getting vaccinated, it did prevent him from exhibiting symptoms.
And the antibodies found during the serology test probably came from his vaccination.
“This case is a reminder that it is possible for vaccinated individuals to get infected. But the vaccine is effective in preventing symptomatic disease for the vast majority of those vaccinated,” MOH said.
While MOH said further research is needed to see if vaccination will prevent transmission of the infection, they reminded us to remain cautious and vigilant.
288 Active Cases
There are currently 58 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 1 is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
230 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19.
30 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.
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