SINGAPORE: Four new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (Feb 5).
As of Wednesday, 28 people in Singapore have tested positive for the coronavirus.
AdvertisementAdvertisementOf the four new cases, three cases are linked to the cluster of local transmission announced on Tuesday, and one is an imported case involving a Chinese tourist from Wuhan.
Singapore on Tuesday announced its first locally transmitted cases of the disease. One of them was a tour guide for a group of Chinese tourists, two others worked at a shop the group had visited and the fourth case was a domestic helper of one of the cases.
Among Wednesday's new cases, two are family members of a 28-year-old woman - a confirmed case announced on Tuesday - who works at Yong Thai Hang, a health product shop that primarily serves Chinese tourists. The two new cases both have no recent travel history to China.
One of them is the woman's husband. The 45 year-old male Singaporean was tested positive on Wednesday at about 2pm, and is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe couple's child, a six month-old male Singaporean was tested positive at the same time, and is currently warded in an isolation room at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The family's domestic helper was one of the confirmed cases on Tuesday.
Another confirmed case announced on Wednesday, a 40 year-old male Singaporean, is the husband of a 32-year-old tour guide, who was confirmed as a coronavirus case on Tuesday. He is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
He has no recent travel history to China.
A 42-year-old female Chinese national who arrived in Singapore from Wuhan on Jan 21 was also confirmed positive with the virus, and is the daughter of an earlier confirmed case.
"As she was symptomatic, she was conveyed by ambulance to NCID on the same day as her mother, and immediately isolated," said MOH, adding that she is currently warded in an isolation room at NCID.
Subsequent test results confirmed her infection on Tuesday at about 8pm.
Last Friday, it was announced that all new visitors with recent travel history to mainland China will not be allowed to enter Singapore. These visitors will also not be allowed to transit in Singapore.
Those with Chinese passports, with the exception of Singapore permanent residents (PRs) and long-term pass holders, will also not be allowed to enter Singapore.
[h=3]READ: 4 locally transmitted cases among new coronavirus patients in Singapore[/h]The new coronavirus started in Wuhan in China's Hubei province but has since spread to more than 20 countries around the world.
It has killed nearly 500 people and infected more than 24,000 globally. The World Health Organization has declared the virus outbreak a global emergency.
[h=3]READ: More Chinese cities shut down as novel coronavirus death toll rises[/h]Most deaths have been in Hubei province and officials have noted that the death rate, at around 2 per cent, is below the mortality rate of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
The new coronavirus is from the same family of pathogens as the one that causes SARS, which killed about 800 people in 2002-2003.
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