SINGAPORE, Jan 24 (NNN-CNA) — Two more people have tested positive for the Wuhan virus in Singapore, bringing the total number of cases to three, the Ministry of Health said.
The new patients include the 37-year-old son of the first confirmed case, MOH said in a media briefing on Friday afternoon.
The second new confirmed case is a 53-year-old woman from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore on a Scoot flight at 5.30am on Jan 21, and developed a fever, cough and chills in the afternoon, said MOH.
She sought medical attention at Raffles Hospital the next day and was later taken to the emergency department at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where she was immediately isolated.
MOH was notified of a suspect case at 3am on Jan 23. The woman subsequently tested positive for the virus at midnight.
The woman stayed at J8 Hotel and visited Orchard Road, Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay, MOH said.
She is currently warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and is in a stable condition.
There have been a total of 44 suspect cases in Singapore; the patients are aged between 1 and 78 years old. Thirteen of them have tested negative.
The latest update comes after Singapore announced on Thursday its first confirmed case, a 66-year-old Wuhan resident who arrived in Singapore from Guangzhou on Jan 20.
He is in isolation at the Singapore General Hospital and in a stable condition, authorities said. — NNN-AGENCIES
