BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jul 30 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported three new imported COVID-19 cases today, bringing the national tally to 336.
According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, two of the new cases are among the 18 crew of a ship, that left Singapore on Jul 4, and arrived in Brunei on Jul 9, which means that 15 out of 18 ship crews have been tested positive and three more crews are still undergoing quarantine.
The other one case arrived in Brunei from Kuala Lumpur, on Jul 16. Contact tracing has found no close contacts for this case.
There are currently 55 active cases being treated and monitored at the National Isolation Centre. One patient has been admitted to the Intensive Case Unit for monitoring, while the rest are in a stable condition.
With the detection of the new cases, a total of 195 imported cases have been confirmed, since the last local infection case on May 6, 2020. Brunei has recorded 450 days without local COVID-19 infection cases.
Brunei also reported one more recovery today. There have been a total of 278 recovered patients and three deaths reported so far in the country.– NNN-ANN
