SINGAPORE - One of the new community coronavirus patients announced by the Ministry of Health on Friday night is a Secondary 1 student from Jurong West Secondary School and linked to a previously confirmed case from the school.
Since she was a close contact of her schoolmate who was confirmed to be infected, she has been serving a home quarantine order by MOH since Monday.About 70 students and staff who are the remaining close contacts of the infected 13-year-old boy from the same school tested negative for Covid-19. Due to the latest case from the school, MOH will also issue home quarantine orders to another six students and four staff members.