A timeline of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital COVID-19 cluster

A timeline of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital COVID-19 cluster

Channel NewsAsia - SG·2021-05-04 18:00

SINGAPORE The Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) cluster is currently the largest active COVID-19 cluster, with a total of 40 cases linked to it as of Tuesday (May 4).

It is also Singapore's first hospital COVID-19 cluster.

On Apr 28, the Ministry of Health (MOH) first announced that a 46-year-old nurse working at TTSH tested positive for COVID-19. She was deployed at Ward 9D and had completed her COVID-19 vaccination on Feb 18.

Identified as Case 62541, the nurse developed a cough, sore throat and body aches on Apr 27, and sought medical treatment.

READ: COVID-19: Staff placed on leave of absence, 4 wards locked down as Tan Tock Seng Hospital moves to contain cluster

Her test result came back positive for COVID-19 on the same day and she was warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). Ward 9D was locked down on Apr 28, said MOH. 

Since the discovery of the first case at TTSH, the Health Ministry has announced more cases linked to the cluster every day, something the authorities said is expected to happen. 

Here is a timeline of how the cluster has unfolded so far:

Apr 29: TTSH CLUSTER HAS NINE CASES IN TOTAL

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