The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced on Thursday (30 Jan) that another three people have been confirmed to be infected with the Wuhan coronavirus.
This makes a total of 13 confirmed Wuhan virus cases in Singapore.
The 11th case is a 31-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore on 22 Jan. She was a travelling companion of the fourth confirmed case.
The 12th case is a 37-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore on 22 Jan with her family.
The 13th confirmed case is a 73-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, who arrived in Singapore with her family on 21 Jan.
All three new cases are warded in isolation rooms at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.
Cases so far:
- Tenth case is a 56-year-old male Chinese national who arrived in Singapore from Wuhan on 20 January.
- Ninth case is 56-year-old male Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore on 19 January with the eighth case.
- Eighth case is a 56-year-old female Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore on 19 January with her husband.
- Seventh case is a 35-year-old male Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore on 23 January with family and friends.
- Sixth case is a 56-year-old male Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore with his family on 19 January.
- Fifth case is a 56-year-old female Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore with her family on 18 January.
- The fourth confirmed case is a 36-year-old male Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore with his family on 22 January.
- The third case is that of a 37-year-old male Chinese national from Wuhan, son of the first confirmed case who arrived on 20 Jan.
- The second case is a 53-year-old female Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore with her family on 21 January.
- And the first confirmed case is a 66-year-old male Chinese national from Wuhan, the father of the third case who arrived in Singapore on 20 Jan.
In its previous press release, the ministry stressed that there is currently no evidence of community spread in Singapore.
