SINGAPORE, Feb 17 — Two new cases of Covid-19 infection were confirmed today (Feb 17) while five have been discharged from hospital. Of the two new cases, one was among the group of Singaporeans who were evacuated from Wuhan on Feb 9 and the other was linked to a previous case. The five...
Monday, 17 Feb 2020 08:48 PM MYT
SINGAPORE, Feb 17 — Two new cases of Covid-19 infection were confirmed today while five have been discharged from hospital. The five discharged from hospital as of 12pm on Monday were cases 14, 15, 31, 48 and 65. In all, 24 have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospital, the Ministry of Health said.Case 76 is a one-year-old boy who was among the group of Singaporeans who were evacuated from Wuhan on Feb 9. He was without symptoms when he boarded the flight and was put under quarantine upon landing in Singapore.
Investigations on these clusters are ongoing, MOH said. In addition to the clusters, investigations have identified the following links between cases:Case 77 is linked to Case 50, and Case 50 is linked to 55 and 65;Contact tracing is underway for the other seven locally transmitted cases to establish any links to previous cases or travel history to mainland China.A total of 24 cases have fully recovered from the infection and have been discharged from hospital.
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