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Singapore on Sunday registered 14 new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection, of which 11 are linked to the cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) where a nurse working at Ward 9D was first found to be infected on April 27.
This brings the total number of infections in the TTSH cluster to 27, the Ministry of Health said.
They are among 39 new Covid-19 cases the ministry recorded on Sunday.
Apart from the 11 from the TTSH cluster, another two community cases have links to previous cases while one is unlinked.
In addition, there are 25 imported cases, who had already been placed on stay-home notice or isolated upon arrival in the city state.
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Among them, 10 are Singaporeans or permanent residents and three are foreign domestic workers.
Meanwhile, Malaysia and Singapore said they will allow travel between the two countries on compassionate grounds or for family emergencies from May 17.
The visits would be for death and critical illness reasons, the two sides said in a joint statement after a two-day visit by Malaysia Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to the city state.
The countries agreed on procedures and entry requirements for the visits, and details will be released by the respective authorities, the foreign ministers said.
“This agreement provides a framework to facilitate travel between the two countries for compassionate and emergency reasons,” Hishammuddin and Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said.


Hishammuddin’s visit was his first since his appointment last year. The two sides also agreed to continue talks on further border reopening measures, premised on the pandemic situation, according to the statement.
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s planned visit to Singapore has been postponed to later this year, Hishammuddin said separately.
Muhyiddin’s current focus is to address Malaysia’s rising coronavirus numbers, and the current situation wouldn’t provide the two prime ministers “the right environment,” he said.
Additional reporting by Bloomberg
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The total number of cases linked to the facility, where a nurse was first found to be infected last week, has now climbed to 27
Meanwhile, Malaysia and Singapore said they will allow travel between the two countries on compassionate grounds from May 17



The total number of cases linked to the facility, where a nurse was first found to be infected last week, has now climbed to 27.


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Coronavirus: Singapore’s Tan Tock Seng Hospital cluster widens, 11 more infected

The total number of cases linked to the facility, where a nurse was first found to be infected last week, has now climbed to 27 Meanwhile, Malaysia and Singapore said they will allow travel between the two countries on compassionate grounds from May 17

The total number of cases linked to the facility, where a nurse was first found to be infected last week, has now climbed to 27

Meanwhile, Malaysia and Singapore said they will allow travel between the two countries on compassionate grounds from May 17