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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.
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).
ON TUESDAY NIGHT HEALTH AUTHORITIES BEGAN “CONTACT TRACING” PEOPLE AROUND NEW ZEALAND WHO HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO THE WOMAN, INCLUDING THOSE ON AN AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT FROM SINGAPORE TO AUCKLAND ON 25 FEBRUARY, AND A RETURN AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT FROM AUCKLAND TO PALMERSTON NORTH ON 2 MARCH.
THE NEW CASES ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY 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.
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.
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
BEIJING (AFP, REUTERS) - CHINA REPORTED ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 4) ANOTHER DROP IN NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS ITS ATTENTION TURNS TO CONTROLLING THE RISK OF INFECTION FROM ABROAD, AS CLUSTERS OF THE DISEASE THAT ORIGINATED IN CHINA APPEAR AROUND THE WORLD.
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 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.
"WE WILL BE EXPOSED TO NEW WAVES OF INFECTION AND INCREASINGLY IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO STOP THE VIRUS AT OUR BORDERS. WE ALSO CANNOT ISOLATE SINGAPORE AND SHUT OURSELVES FROM THE WORLD. SO DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR NEW SPIKES IN COVID-19 CASES IN SINGAPORE, AS HAS HAPPENED ELSEWHERE," THE MINISTRY ADDED.
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
SINGAPORE-HEADQUARTERED ONLINE MEDIA COMPANY TARGETING INDIAN DIASPORA ACROSS SINGAPORE, US, UK AND DUBAI. CONNECTED TO INDIA COVERS DEVELOPMENTS AROUND INDIANS ABROAD, INFORMING, ENGAGING AND ENTERTAINING ITS AUDIENCES.
HOWEVER, THE COUNTRY IS SEEING A SLOWDOWN IN NEW CASES. ON MONDAY, THE AUTHORITIES SAID THERE WERE 258 NEW CASES OF THE VIRUS - A 16% INCREASE ON THE PREVIOUS DAY - AFTER NEW CASES SPIKED BY 50% ON SUNDAY.
WE ARE GLAD THAT @ROKEATING CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THE BUSY PORT OF SINGAPORE. EVERY 2-3 MINUTES, A SHIP ARRIVES OR LEAVES SINGAPORE. AT ANY ONE TIME, THERE ARE ABOUT 1,000 SHIPS IN THE PORT! TO DATE, NO CARGO VESSEL HAS BEEN TURNED AWAY DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK. WE HAVE TAKEN ENHANCED PRECAUTIONS WHILE SHIPS CONTINUE TO BERTH AT OUR PORT. WE ARE WORKING ROUND-THE-CLOCK TO ENSURE THAT IT IS BUSINESS AS USUAL AT #MARITIMESG. #MPA #WECOULDNTSAYNOTHINGATALL
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."
THE OPPOSITE HAS HAPPENED IN CHINA. ON 10 FEBRUARY, WHEN THE ADVANCE TEAM OF THE WHO-CHINA JOINT MISSION BEGAN ITS WORK, CHINA REPORTED 2478 NEW CASES. TWO WEEKS LATER, WHEN THE FOREIGN EXPERTS PACKED THEIR BAGS, THAT NUMBER HAD DROPPED TO 409 CASES. (YESTERDAY, CHINA REPORTED ONLY 206 NEW CASES, AND THE REST OF THE WORLD COMBINED HAD ALMOST NINE TIMES THAT NUMBER.) THE EPIDEMIC IN CHINA APPEARS TO HAVE PEAKED IN LATE JANUARY, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT.
THE SINGAPORE HIGH COMMISSION SAID IN A STATEMENT ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 4) THAT IT IS “DEEPLY DISTURBED” THE INCIDENT, THE FIRST RACIALLY-MOTIVATED INCIDENT RELATING TO THE CORONAVIRUS THAT IT IS AWARE OF AGAINST A SINGAPOREAN IN THE UK.

 

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