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SINGAPORE (THE STRAITS TIMES/ASIA NEWS NETWORK): TWO NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES WERE CONFIRMED IN SINGAPORE ON MONDAY (MARCH 2), BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTED PEOPLE HERE TO 108.
ASKED ABOUT WHETHER THE NEW HIGH OF DISCHARGED CASES COULD POINT TO A POSITIVE TREND, AN MOH SPOKESMAN SAID SINGAPORE』S NUMBERS NEED TO BE PUT INTO THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL EFFORTS TO FIGHT THE VIRUS.
THE OTHER NEW CASE LINKED TO GRACE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IS A SINGAPOREAN MAN, 50, WHO WAS CONFIRMED TO BE INFECTED ON FEB 18.
“WE MAY BEGIN TO REMOVE SOME OF THESE BORDER CONTROLS IF IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT EVERY COUNTRY IS GOING TO HAVE TRANSMISSION… IT』S NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ISOLATE SINGAPORE FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD. IT』S NOT JUST THE ECONOMIES PART – HUMAN-TO-HUMAN INTERACTION, COUNTRY-TO-COUNTRY INTERACTION (MAKE IT) NOT POSSIBLE.”
NORWAY’S PRIME MINISTER ERNA SOLBERG WARNED ON SUNDAY OF A POTENTIALLY “CHALLENGING SITUATION” IN THE WEEKS AHEAD IN THE NORDIC COUNTRY, WHICH HAS SO FAR HAD 17 CONFIRMED CASES ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA, INCLUDING THREE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES IN OSLO. HEALTH SERVICES ARE “WELL PREPARED” AND NORWEGIANS SHOULD ACT AS NORMALLY AS POSSIBLE TO LIMIT THE IMPACT OF THE OUTBREAK, INCLUDING ON THE ECONOMY, SHE SAID IN A SPEECH TO THE LEADERSHIP OF HER CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
2 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN S"PORE: WOMAN LINKED TO FAMILY OF INFECTED RI BOY AND MAID LINKED TO SCIENCE PARK II CLUSTER
A 23-PERSON CLASS OF PILOTS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO START TRAINING THIS WEEK HAS BEEN POSTPONED. CNBC HAD REPORTED THE SCHEDULE CHANGE EARLIER ON SUNDAY. THE DELAY COMES AS THE NEW CORONAVIRUS, OR COVID-19, SPREADS, PROMPTING UNITED AND ITS COMPETITORS TO SCALE BACK SOME INTERNATIONAL ROUTES. PILOT TRAINING CAN TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE AVIATORS START FLYING FOR THE AIRLINE.
CASES 101, 103 AND 104 ARE THE LATEST OF SEVEN CASES IN WHICH PATIENTS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AFTER VISITING INDONESIA. PREVIOUSLY, FOUR OTHER PATIENTS – IN CHINA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND AND MALAYSIA – TESTED POSITIVE SHORTLY AFTER RETURNING FROM INDONESIA.
THE NEW CASES ANNOUNCED TODAY INCLUDE A 53-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO RECENTLY TRAVELLED TO SINGAPORE, AS WELL AS A 39-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO TRAVELLED FROM IRAN WHO CAME VIA KUALA LUMPUR AND SINGAPORE.
CHINA CLAIMS 『POLITICAL OPPRESSION』 AS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TELLS IT TO CUT U.S. STAFF AT STATE NEWS OUTLETS
THE LIFE CHURCH COUPLE BOTH DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ADVICE AROUND 25 JANUARY, BUT THEY WERE NOT DIAGNOSED AS COVID-19 PATIENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR MILD SYMPTOMS. AFTER DISCOVERING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION LINK, INVESTIGATORS SENT THE COUPLE TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR TESTS ON 18 FEBRUARY. BECAUSE SOME TIME HAD ALREADY ELAPSED SINCE THEY HAD RECOVERED, SPECIALISTS THOUGHT THEY HAD LIKELY CLEARED THE VIRUS AND IT WOULD BE TOO LATE TO CONFIRM AN INFECTION USING THE PCR TEST. SO, THEY TESTED THE COUPLE USING BOTH PCR AND ANTIBODY TESTS.
SINGAPORE: THERE ARE THREE NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS IN SINGAPORE AND NONE OF THEM ARE LINKED TO THE EXISTING CASES OR HAVE BEEN IN CHINA RECENTLY, SAID THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) ON FRIDAY (FEB 7).
THE UNITED STATES DOES "NOT HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE INFORMATION COMING OUT OF CHINA" REGARDING THE COUNT OF CORONAVIRUS CASES, A SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL TOLD CNBC'S EAMON JAVERS. THE OFFICIAL ALSO NOTED THAT CHINA "CONTINUES TO REBUFF AMERICAN OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE." THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED LAST WEEK THAT CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAD SHOWN LITTLE INTEREST IN ACCEPTING HELP FROM THE U.S. — LOVELACE
MALAYSIA』S FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER MUHYIDDIN YASSIN TALKING TO THE PRESS OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN KUALA LUMPUR YESTERDAY, AFTER ROYAL OFFICIALS SAID HE WOULD BE INSTALLED AS THE COUNTRY』S NEW PRIME MINISTER, SIGNALLING THE END OF TUN DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD』S RULE. PHOTO: AFP
THE SINGAPORE PERMANENT RESIDENT BEGAN TO FEEL ILL ON JAN 24 AFTER ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE. SHE HAD NO RECENT TRAVEL HISTORY TO CHINA. SHE WAS ADMITTED TO KK WOMEN"S AND CHILDREN"S HOSPITAL (KKH) ON FEB 4 AND CONFIRMED AS SINGAPORE"S 36TH CASE ON FEB 7.
SOUTH KOREA NOW HAS THE SECOND-MOST CASES WITH 60 REPORTED, BRINGING ITS TOTAL TO 893. SOUTH KOREA HAS REPORTED A NEAR 15-FOLD INCREASE IN INFECTIONS WITH THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IN A WEEK, AS HEALTH WORKERS CONTINUE TO FIND BATCHES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF DAEGU AND NEARBY AREAS, WHERE PANIC HAS BROUGHT TOWNS TO AN EERIE STANDSTILL.
AS FEARS OVER THE TRANSMISSION OF CORONAVIRUS GROW, WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS SAID ON MONDAY: "IN RECENT DAYS, WE HAVE SEEN SOME CONCERNING INSTANCES OF ONWARD TRANSMISSION FROM PEOPLE WITH NO TRAVEL HISTORY TO CHINA, LIKE THE CASES REPORTED IN FRANCE YESTERDAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM TODAY. THE DETECTION OF THIS SMALL NUMBER OF CASES COULD BE THE SPARK THAT BECOMES A BIGGER FIRE. BUT FOR NOW, IT"S ONLY A SPARK. OUR OBJECTIVE REMAINS CONTAINMENT."
LAST MONTH, 109 PEOPLE GATHERED IN A SINGAPORE HOTEL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SALES CONFERENCE HELD BY A U.K.-BASED COMPANY THAT MAKES PRODUCTS TO ANALYZE GAS.
“HOW THEY HANDLE A CRISIS, BOTH THE HEALTH AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS, WILL GIVE CONFIDENCE TO SINGAPOREANS ON THE ABILITY OF THE 4G TEAM TO MANAGE THE COUNTRY,” SAID INDERJIT SINGH, A FORMER MP FOR THE PEOPLE’S ACTION PARTY (PAP) WHICH HAS RULED SINGAPORE SINCE INDEPENDENCE IN 1965.

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