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Infections in the community have increased with a two-year-old Singaporean girl among the 18 new community cases announced yesterday by the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The 17 other cases were five Singaporeans and permanent residents, two work pass holders and 10 work permit holders.
Ten of the community cases are linked to previous cases or clusters.
Eight of the community cases are unlinked. Of these, five cases are asymptomatic and were picked up as a result of MOH’s proactive testing as they work in essential services.
The remaining three cases were tested under the enhanced criteria where all individuals aged 13 and above diagnosed with acute respiratory infection are swabbed at first presentation to a doctor.
MOH said: “This allows us to detect infected individuals early and to quickly contain further spread, as well as milder cases that have a short duration of infection.”
It added that epidemiological investigations are in progress for these cases.
The serological test results for two cases were positive, which indicate likely past infections.
The test results for the remaining cases are pending.
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