Prognosis
Singapore Uncovers Small Covid Cluster, First Since March 25
- Papua New Guinea national came to Singapore for work project
- Ministry on March 25 had announced there were no open clusters
Singapore has largely contained the pandemic through aggressive contact tracing, mandatory masks and social distancing, and tightening border controls.
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Singapore’s latest community case of Covid-19 infection widened a new cluster in the city state to four patients, according to the health ministry.
The lone reported community case that added to this cluster is a 44 year-old male Papua New Guinea citizen, with a short-term visit pass, who arrived from Australia on March 25 for a work project, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The linked spread of Covid-19 is the first after the ministry’s announcement on March 25 that there were no open clusters of infections.