Toddler evacuated from Wuhan among two new Covid-19 cases in Singapore


A photo taken on Feb 8, 2020, at Changi Airport showing the Scoot plane that was used to evacuate 174 Singaporeans from Wuhan. The group of Singaporeans returned on Feb 9. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Two more cases of coronavirus infections have been confirmed in Singapore, bringing the total number to 77, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday (Feb 17).

One of the new cases is a one-year-old Singaporean boy who was evacuated from Wuhan on a Feb 9 Scoot flight. He had no symptoms when he boarded the flight and was quarantined when he landed.

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