The Ministry of Health ( MOH ) said yesterday that it has suspended one of its officers after she allegedly leaked the number of new daily coronavirus cases in Singapore and retrieved a Covid-19 patient 's records without authorisation . The 35 - year - old civil servant is a Singaporean woman and was arrested under the Official Secrets Act ( OSA ) and Computer Misuse Act , the police said on Thursday . MOH added that it is now reviewing its processes to ensure that the necessary information security protocols are in place . " The officer has been suspended from work while police investigations are ongoing , and no longer has access to the ministry 's confidential information , " MOH said in its statement . " Confidential information relating to Covid-19 cases is placed in a secured server that is only accessible by a restricted group of officers who require the information for their work . The officer had authorised access to the information as required for her work , but had allegedly used the access for other unauthorised purposes . " The police said on Thursday they had received a report on the incident on April 16 at 7.43pm from a member of the public that the number of daily confirmed Covid-19 cases in Singapore for that day had been leaked on an Instagram post . ;