Singapore: Health authorities search for 'patient zero' who spread coronavirus globally

global health authorities are reportedly scrambling to find 'patient zero' as y believe that person carried coronavirus into a sales meeting in a luxury Singapore hotel which n spre to five countries from South Korea to Spain and has also infected over a dozen people. According to international media reports, experts said that finding 'patient zero' is very critical for tracing all those potentially exposed to infection and containing outbreak.

It is believed that someone seated in mundane meeting or in vicinity of hotel almost took coronavirus global. According to reports, it was after a week after meeting that first case surfaced in Malaysia. meeting reportedly included company's leership team and global sales staff. 

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Two South Korean delegates also reportedly fell sick after sharing a buffet meal with Malaysian, who also passed reportedly passed infection to his sister and mor-in-law. Three of firm's Singapore attendees were also tested positive. Furrmore, a British delegate also fell sick and ar linked case n emerged in Spain. 

Dale Fisher, chair of Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network coordinated by World Health Organisation reportedly even compared Singapore incident to ar sp-called 'super spreing' incident at a Hong Kong hotel in 2003 where a sick Chinese doctor reportedly spre Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome around world. However, WHO said that its 'way too early' to tell if its a super-spreing event, although organisation has opened an investigation into Singapore incident. 

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Death toll nears 1,500

outbreak which took place in Wuhan in January has w killed thousands of people. death toll for virus in China has also reportedly jumped to nearly 1,500 with ar 121 new fatalities reportedly mostly from worst affected Hubei province. total number of confirmed cases across China are w more than 60,000. 

World Health Organisation has reportedly said that China's Coronavirus outbreak is a 'very grave threat for rest of world' and should also be viewed by or nations as 'public enemy number 1'. virus was officially named 'COVID-19' at conference in Geneva held by WHO, where body's chief furr said that countries h a chance of stopping its global spre. Earlier this month, WHO also declared Coronavirus as a 'global public health emergency'.

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