90% of S'pore's imported cases in recent days did not show symptoms at checkpoints

March 24, 2020 15:40

Nine in 10 imported Covid-19 cases in Singapore between Wednesday (March 18) and Friday last week did not show symptoms, like fever, when they had passed through the border checkpoints.As a result, the cases were detected only later on, the Health Ministry said on Monday (March 23) in response to queries.It explained that about 90 per cent of the imported cases reported in Singapore during the three-day period saw a doctor at a hospital or general practitioner's clinic after they returned home. Read the report here

Image: Commuters take the Woodlands Causeway to Singapore from Johor a day before Malaysia imposes a lockdown on travel last week. Pic: Reuters

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