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COVID-19: Second Indonesian national tests positive in Singapore
Singapore’s Health Ministry on Saturday announced that one more Indonesian person – an elderly woman – had tested positive for COVID-19, making her the small island nation's 113th case.
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Visitors walk through a thermal screening station at the Singapore Airshow amid fears over the spread of COVID-19 on Feb. 13. (AFP/ROSLAN RAHMAN)
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ingapore’s Health Ministry has announced that another Indonesian national tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The patient, identified only as a 62-year-old woman who entered Singapore on a social visit pass, is the city-state's 133rd case, the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore said in a statement on Sunday.
“The embassy will be closely monitoring and coordinating with the local authorities. With regard to Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act, the identity of the patient cannot be disclosed to the public,” the statement said.
According to the statement, the patient has no history of traveling to countries or regions affected by COVID-19 but reported to a general health practitioner on March 1 after claiming to have experienced symptoms a day prior.
She then went to the Pioneer Polyclinic to be screened on March 4 and was transferred to Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) on March 6. She tested positive for COVID-19 that same day.
Before being hospitalized, the patient had been staying at her residence at 61 Jurong West Street and claimed to have attended a dinner event at SAFRA Jurong on Feb. 15, which has been linked to at least 21 cases of COVID-19 so far.
The Straits Times reported on Saturday that the Feb. 15 event was a Chinese New Year's dinner celebration attended by members of a Hokkien singing group, although not all 21 patients linked to the event attended.
The 62-year-old woman is the second Indonesian national to test positive in Singapore, after a 44-year-old domestic worker tested positive on Feb. 4. The woman, whose employer also tested positive for COVID-19, has since recovered and has been discharged from hospital.
Judha Nugraha, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry’s director for citizen protection overseas, said on Sunday that a total of 12 Indonesian nationals have tested positive outside Indonesia, of whom 7 people have recovered.
As of Saturday evening, Singapore has reported 138 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Times reports. A total of 90 patients have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital. Of the 48 still in hospital, most are stable or improving, while eight are in a critical state in the intensive care unit.
The embassy called on Indonesians in Singapore to remain calm, take care of their personal health and hygiene, wash their hands regularly after going outdoors and avoid crowded places.
“Go to the doctor's as soon as you have symptoms, follow the instructions of the Singaporean authorities and stay updated with any developments regarding COVID-19,” the embassy said.
The embassy has set up a hotline to assist Indonesian nationals (+6592953964) and urges citizens to seek out information on COVID-19 from the Singapore Health Ministry's website or general inquiry hotline (+6563259220).
– Editor's note
