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SINGAPORE – Two more cases of the Wuhan virus infection were confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Saturday (Feb 1), bringing the total number to 18.
The 17th case is a 47-year-old Singaporean woman who travelled to Wuhan and is one of the 92 Singaporeans evacuated from the city on Thursday.
She was on the same specially arranged Scoot flight as the first Singaporean infected with the virus, who was also a 47-year-old woman.
Similarly, the second Singaporean to be infected with the virus was also asymptomatic when she boarded the flight.
Upon arrival at Changi Airport, she was found to have a fever during medical screening, and was taken to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
She tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus infection on Friday at about 11pm.
The 18th case is a 31-year-old female Chinese national who arrived in Singapore from Wuhan on Jan 22.
She was tested positive for the infection on Saturday at about 2pm.
Both of the new cases are currently stable and warded in isolation rooms at the NCID.
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