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SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed a fifth case of Wuhan coronavirus infection in Singapore.
The patient is a 56-year-old female Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore with her family on Jan 18.
The case was confirmed at 2pm on Monday (Jan 27), said MOH.
The patient was asymptomatic during the flight to Singapore.
She subsequently developed symptoms on Friday and was conveyed by ambulance to Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Sunday. She was classified as a suspect case and immediately isolated at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
Subsequent test results confirmed Wuhan virus infection on Monday, said MOH. She has no known links to the other confirmed imported cases.
Before being admitted to hospital, the patient stayed with her family at their home in Ceylon Road.
Since the onset of symptoms on Friday, she had remained in her home until she was brought to the hospital on Sunday, MOH said.
She is currently warded in an isolation room at the NCID and her condition is stable.
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