Malaysia

2 M’sians among 26 imported virus cases in S’pore

Still no new locally transmitted infections in republic

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 07 Feb 2021 8:40AM

2 M’sians among 26 imported virus cases in S’pore
A 38-year-old man and 35-year-old woman, both work-permit holders who arrived from Malaysia, are among 26 new Covid-19 cases reported in Singapore yesterday. – Pixabay, February 7, 2021

SINGAPORE – Two Malaysians were among 26 new Covid-19 imported cases reported in Singapore yesterday, according to the republic’s Health Ministry.

The ministry said both cases, a 38-year-old man and 35-year-old woman, are work-permit holders who arrived from Malaysia.

As at noon yesterday, there were no new locally transmitted cases reported here, all imported, thus bringing the total number of infections here to 59,675.

Of the 26 new imported cases, 25 were asymptomatic while the only symptomatic case was the Malaysian woman.

The other imported cases were from Bangladesh, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Germany, Myanmar, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US.

A 39-year-old Singaporean man who returned from Malaysia is also among the asymptomatic imported cases here.

Singapore has three clusters remaining at the moment. – Bernama, February 7, 2021

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