19th Feb 2021
1. As of 19 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 14 imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. Of these, 13 are not required to undergo mandatory on-arrival serology tests upon arrival1.
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.