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There are no new confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus here, after the three that were announced earlier, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday (Jan 25).
MOH has so far been notified of a total of 64 suspect cases. Three tested positive for the virus, 29 tested negative and results for the remaining 32 cases are pending.
On contact tracing efforts for the three confirmed cases, the ministry said that 46 individuals have been identified as close contacts for the first case, involving a 66-year-old man from Wuhan.
As of Saturday afternoon, 26 of them have left Singapore while 15 others have been isolated or quarantined.
The close contacts include eight of the man’s travelling companions who left Singapore on Thursday afternoon before his case was confirmed.
MOH said that it had informed Malaysian authorities when these close contacts were identified.
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