SINGAPORE, May 2 (The Straits Times/ANN): There were 39 new coronavirus cases confirmed on Sunday (May 2), taking Singapore's total to 61,218.
Of these, 14 are from the community and there are none from the workers' dorms.
Eleven of the patients from the community have been linked to the nurse at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and were detected from the testing of patients and staff at the hospital.
In total, there are 27 cases linked to the TTSH cluster so far. It is the largest of nine active clusters in Singapore.
There were also 25 imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notices (SHN) on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Of these, 10 are Singaporeans or permanent residents (PR) and three are foreign domestic workers.
Meanwhile, travel on compassionate grounds between Singapore and Malaysia will be allowed from May 17, amid Covid-19 restrictions that ban the bulk of cross-border movement.
The details of such travel arrangements will be released later, but these will include steps like testing visitors for the coronavirus as well as the need for quarantine, said Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Sunday (May 2).
Dr Balakrishnan made the announcement together with his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, who was on a two-day official visit to Singapore till Sunday.
ishammuddin said that the compassionate grounds would refer to situations when people on either side request to make trips across the border to be with those who are critically ill or to attend funerals.
Dr Balakrishnan said that the move is necessary due to the "extensive ties" that the two countries share.
"When a family crisis occurs, people want to get together. And therefore, bearing in mind this very special close relationship between the people of Singapore and the people of Malaysia, it is necessary to have schemes like this," said Dr Balakrishnan. - The Straits Times/ANN
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