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Pinay in Singapore tests positive for COVID-19, says health ministry @ 2020-03-01T08: Back Hot News
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THE NEW CASES, WHICH INCLUDE A DOMESTIC WORKER FROM THE PHILIPPINES, BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTIONS IN SINGAPORE PAST THE 100 MARK TO 102.
UPDATE 10:03 P.M. EST FEB. 29: SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS REPORTED 813 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS SATURDAY, BRINGING ITS TOTAL TO 3,150, THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED. SOUTH KOREA HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF THE VIRUS OUTSIDE MAINLAND CHINA, THE NEWSPAPER REPORTED.
SINGAPORE: NO NEW COVID-19 CASES WERE REPORTED IN SINGAPORE AS OF NOON ON SUNDAY (FEB 23), THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) SAID IN A DAILY UPDATE, LEAVING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IN THE COUNTRY AT 89.
PROFESSOR TAN CHORH CHUAN TOLD THE STRAITS TIMES: "SINGAPORE"S APPROACH OF ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR NEW CASES AND QUARANTINING CLOSE CONTACTS HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN RING-FENCING CLUSTERS OF INFECTION SO FAR, AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN EVIDENCE OF COMMUNITY SPREAD. HOWEVER, IT IS PREMATURE TO SAY THAT THE WORST IS OVER.
IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A FIRST, DISEASE TRACKERS IN SINGAPORE HAVE USED AN EXPERIMENTAL ANTIBODY TEST FOR COVID-19 TO CONFIRM THAT A SUSPECTED PATIENT WAS INFECTED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS. THE PATIENT WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE WHO TOGETHER FORMED A MISSING LINK BETWEEN TWO CLUSTERS OF CASES THAT EACH OCCURRED IN A SINGAPOREAN CHURCH.
THE CASE LINKED TO GRACE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH - THE LARGEST CLUSTER HERE, WITH 22 CASES - IS A 35-YEAR-OLD SINGAPOREAN WOMAN. SHE WAS CONFIRMED TO HAVE COVID-19 ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND IS CURRENTLY WARDED IN AN ISOLATION ROOM AT THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NCID).
MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF THE NEW CASES WERE IN DAEGU, THE CENTRE OF THE COUNTRY』S OUTBREAK, AND ITS NEIGHBOURING NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, THE KCDC SAID IN A STATEMENT.
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THREE OF THE PREVIOUS CASES - CASES 30, 36 AND 39 - ARE LINKED TO A PRIVATE BUSINESS MEETING AT GRAND HYATT SINGAPORE FROM JAN 20 TO JAN 22. THE MEETING IS ALSO LINKED TO SEVERAL OTHER CASES IN MALAYSIA, SOUTH KOREAN AND BRITIAN.
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
A SEVENTH PERSON HAS DIED IN THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN NORTHERN ITALY, NEWS AGENCY ANSA SAID, WHILE THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES ROSE TO MORE THAN 220 IN THE COUNTRY. ANSA SAID THE LATEST PERSON TO DIE WAS AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO HAD BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL LAST WEEK IN LODI AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK. DOCTORS BELIEVE HE CAUGHT THE VIRUS THERE FROM ANOTHER PATIENT. —REUTERS
THESE INCLUDE EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST, SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN, WHICH HAVE ALL SEEN A SPIKE IN NEW CASES, HE SAID.
CHINA'S HUBEI PROVINCE SAID IT HAS CONFIRMED 1,933 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AND 100 MORE DEATHS AS OF FEB. 16. IT SAID THAT THE VIRUS HAS INFECTED 58,182 PEOPLE IN THE PROVINCE AND KILLED 1,696 PEOPLE IN THE REGION ALONE.
THE MOVE TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND COMES AFTER TWO NEW CASES WERE CONFIRMED IN THE COUNTRY, HEALTH DIRECTOR-GENERAL NOOR HISHAM ABDULLAH SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE.

 

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