6 more students and 1 teacher from various schools are tested positive for COVID-19.
The latest cases include 2 students from Singapore Polytechnic, 1 primary school student and 2 secondary students. the secondary students caught it from their part-time employment at Pizza Hut ( Punggol Plaza). The cases are NOT infected from schools but are known contacts of existing cases.
The 2 cases from SP brings the total number of cases from there to 8. Yu Neng The primary Student is a classmate of an existing case in Yu Neng. There is no confirmation that this is a school transmission. 1 preschooler from Heart Field Kindergarten was tested positive too.
One teacher from Maha Bodhi Tested positive. She was a close contact of 63184 and placed on quarantine on 13 May. Maha Bodhi had a student tested positive and was one of the 2 schools that disclose that contact tracing was not done as positive cases were detected after quarantine.
Source: MOH
The details as follows
Singapore Polytechnic
Location : Dover Road
Case 63665
Case 63665 is a 19 year-old female Malaysia national who is a student at
Singapore Polytechnic, and had visited Westgate on 8 May, 10 May and 11 May.
She is a family member and household contact of Case 63664. She developed a
fever on 18 May but did not seek medical treatment until 19 May when she
went to a GP clinic and was tested for COVID-19. As she had been identified
as a close contact of a case who was under investigation[2], she was placed on quarantine on 22 May. She was tested for COVID-19 on 23
May during quarantine, and her test result came back positive for COVID-19
infection on 23 May. Her serology test result is pending.
Case 63664
Case 63664 s a 20 year-old female Malaysia national who is a student at
Singapore Polytechnic, and had visited Westgate on 10 May. She is a family
member and household contact of Case 63665. She developed a fever on 14 May
but did not seek medical treatment until 19 May when she went to a GP clinic
and was tested for COVID-19. As she had been identified as a close contact
of a case who was under investigation, she was placed on quarantine on 22
May. She was tested for COVID-19 on 23 May during quarantine, and her test
result came back positive for COVID-19 infection on 23 May. Her serology
test result is pending.
Yu Neng Primary School
Location Bedok North
Case 63667
Case 63667 is a 8 year-old female Singaporean who is a student at Yu Neng
Primary School. She is a classmate of Case 63282[5], and was placed on quarantine on 16 May. She was tested for COVID-19 on 18
May during quarantine and her test result was negative. She developed a
fever and sore throat on 23 May, and reported her symptoms. She was tested
for COVID-19 on the same day and her test result came back positive for
COVID-19 on 23 May. Her serology test result is negative.
Peicai Secondary school
Location : 10 Serangoon Ave 4
Case 63669
Case 63669 is a 15 year-old male Singaporean who is a student at Peicai
Secondary School and had last gone to school on 4 May. He works part-time at
Pizza Hut (Punggol Plaza) as a kitchen staff. He developed a cough on 20 May
but did not seek medical treatment. He underwent both an ART and PCR test on
23 May, and both test results came back positive on the same day. He
developed a fever on the same day. His serology test result is
pending.
Greendale Secondary school
Location: Edgedale Plains
Case 63682
Case 63682 is a 16 year-old male Singaporean who is a student at Greendale Secondary School and works part-time at Pizza Hut (Punggol Plaza). He had last gone to school on 17 May. He is asymptomatic, and was detected when he went to a GP clinic for a COVID-19 test on 23 May after he was encouraged to do so by his employer. He was given 4 days of medical leave. As he had been identified as a close contact of Case 63669, he was placed on quarantine on 23 May evening. His test result came back positive for COVID-19 infection on 24 May. His serology test result is pending.
Heart Field Kindergarten
Location: Balmoral Road
Case 63641
Case 63641 is a 2 year-old male Hong Kong citizen who is a student at Heart Field Kindergarten and had last gone to school on 14 May. He is a family member of Case 63621[11] and household contact of Cases 63349[12] and 63421[13] . As he had been identified as a close contact of Case 63236, he was placed on quarantine on 14 May. He developed a runny nose on 21 May and tested positive for his ART on the same day. He underwent a PCR test on 22 May and his test result came back positive for COVID-19 infection on 23 May. His serology test result is pending.
Maha Bodhi School
Location: Ubi Ave
Case 63663
Case 63663is a 38 year-old female Singaporean who works as a teacher at Maha Bodhi School. She is a family member and household contact of Case 63184[4] and was placed on quarantine on 13 May. She was tested for COVID-19 on 15 May during quarantine and her test result was negative. She developed a runny nose on 21 May, and reported her symptom. She was tested for COVID-19 the next day and her test result came back positive for COVID-19 on 23 May. Her serology test result is negative for the N antigen, which suggests the presence of early infection. Case 63663 received her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on 21 March, and the second dose on 11 April.
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