Coronavirus: Singapore confirms three new cases, bringing total to 96

Of the new cases – a 64-year-old woman, 44-year-old man and 12-year-old boy – two are linked to previous patients, the Ministry of Health said

Meanwhile, four more patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital – joining 62 others in the city state

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A temperature screening check at Singapore’s Changi Airport is seen on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Published: 10:10pm, 27 Feb 2020Updated: 11:32pm, 27 Feb 2020

Singapore on Thursday confirmed three more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total to 96, as an additional four recovered patients were discharged from hospital.

Of the three new cases – a 64-year-old woman, 44-year-old man and 12-year-old boy – two are linked to previous patients, the city state’s Ministry of Health said in a statement.

Travellers wearing protective face masks look at their phones at Singapore’s Changi Airport on Thursday. Photo: AFP

None have any recent travel history to China or the two cities in South Korea at the heart of a recent outbreak there, but all are being treated in isolation, the statement said.

Of Singapore’s 96 cases, 66 have fully recovered, 30 are still in hospital – with “most” stable and improving – and eight are in intensive care, according the ministry.

Nearly 3,000 close contacts of the patients have been identified, 2,642 of whom have completed quarantine with 245 still confined.