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[h=1]Coronavirus cases in South Korea and Malaysia linked to Singapore meeting spark WHO investigation[/h]
Coronavirus cases in South Korea and Malaysia tied to a business meeting in Singapore attended by visitors from China have prompted an investigation into the infection’s international spread.
A 41-year-old man in Malaysia and a 38-year-old man in South Korea were infected with the so-called 2019-nCoV virus after attending a meeting at a Singapore hotel in the third week of January, health authorities said.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is coordinating with Singapore’s Ministry of Health in relation to the event, said Olivia Lawe Davies, the agency’s Manila-based regional communications manager. “Based on current information, there is no evidence of effective and sustained community transmission,” Lawe Davies said in an email on Wednesday. “As countries are stepping up surveillance, the detection of more cases of local transmission can be expected.”
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The infected Malaysian man had travelled to Singapore from January 16 to 23 for a meeting with colleagues from China – including one from Wuhan, the epicentre of the epidemic. But he only showed symptoms on January 29, nearly a week after he returned to Malaysia, health authorities there said.
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The 38-year-old South Korean man was confirmed as South Korea’s 17th case on Wednesday. He had contracted the disease from the Malaysian man when he attended the same meeting in Singapore from January 18-24, the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said.
“After returning from the conference, the 17th patient was later told that there had been a confirmed patient, a Malaysian, among the participants of the event,” the KCDC said in a statement. “He then visited a clinic on Tuesday for a test.”
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- A Malaysian and South Korean were infected after going to a conference in Singapore, which included guests from China and Wuhan
- The source of their infections has not been identified
Coronavirus cases in South Korea and Malaysia tied to a business meeting in Singapore attended by visitors from China have prompted an investigation into the infection’s international spread.
A 41-year-old man in Malaysia and a 38-year-old man in South Korea were infected with the so-called 2019-nCoV virus after attending a meeting at a Singapore hotel in the third week of January, health authorities said.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is coordinating with Singapore’s Ministry of Health in relation to the event, said Olivia Lawe Davies, the agency’s Manila-based regional communications manager. “Based on current information, there is no evidence of effective and sustained community transmission,” Lawe Davies said in an email on Wednesday. “As countries are stepping up surveillance, the detection of more cases of local transmission can be expected.”
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The infected Malaysian man had travelled to Singapore from January 16 to 23 for a meeting with colleagues from China – including one from Wuhan, the epicentre of the epidemic. But he only showed symptoms on January 29, nearly a week after he returned to Malaysia, health authorities there said.
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The 38-year-old South Korean man was confirmed as South Korea’s 17th case on Wednesday. He had contracted the disease from the Malaysian man when he attended the same meeting in Singapore from January 18-24, the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said.
“After returning from the conference, the 17th patient was later told that there had been a confirmed patient, a Malaysian, among the participants of the event,” the KCDC said in a statement. “He then visited a clinic on Tuesday for a test.”
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