2 new novel coronavirus cases in Singapore
TWO more novel coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Tuesday, bringing the total number of individuals with the illness here to 47.
One of the two new cases is a 39-year-old Bangladeshi worker who had worked at Seletar Aerospace Heights, together with another Bangladeshi, who was found to have the virus on Saturday. Both did not live in the same premises. The other case announced on Tuesday is a 35-year-old Singaporean permanent resident living in Johor Baru, who works at the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino. Neither had been to China recently.
Seven of the 38 patients still in hospital remain in critical condition and in the intensive care unit, said the ministry. Meanwhile, two more patients have been discharged from hospital, bringing the total number of those who have recovered to nine.
Of the latest two infected men, Case 46 - the RWS casino worker, reported symptoms on Feb 5, and went to a GP clinic four days later. He was transferred to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and isolated. He is now in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
Case 47, the Bangladeshi national, is a Singapore work permit holder. He reported symptoms on Feb 6, went to the GP the next day, and to the NCID on Monday.
Before being admitted to hospital, he had been living in his rented apartment in Veerasamy Road. He had worked with Case 42, a 39-year-old Bangladeshi national who had visited Mustafa Centre in Little India before being hospitalised, and who lived at The Leo dormitory in Kaki Bukit.
The ministry said that it has identified 1,124 close contacts as of noon on Tuesday. Of the 1,021 still in Singapore, 989 have been contacted and are being quarantined or isolated. Efforts are ongoing to contact the remaining 32 close contacts. Several clusters of patients believed to have been infected via local transmissions have emerged since the first case of coronavirus in Singapore was confirmed on Jan 23. THE STRAITS TIMES
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