18th Feb 2021
As of 18 February 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed that there are no new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection.
2. There are 11 imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore. Of these, 4 arrived in Singapore before the requirement for mandatory on-arrival serology tests commenced, and 6 are not required to undergo these tests upon arrival[1].
3. We are still working through the details of the cases, and further updates will be shared via the MOH press release that will be issued tonight.
[1] From 5 February, newly arrived Work Permit and S Pass holders in the Construction, Marine and Process sectors, foreign domestic workers and confinement nannies, who have recent travel history to higher-risk countries/ regions, are required to undergo mandatory on-arrival serology tests, in addition to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.