Published 19:39 IST, February 7th 2020
Singapore raises coronavirus outbreak alert to orange after 3 more cases
Singapore has raised the risk assessment level on the deadly virus outbreak from Yellow to Orange as they saw three more cases with no confirmed travel history.
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Singapore has reportedly raised risk assessment level on dely coronavirus outbreak from Yellow to Orange as y saw three more cases with confirmed travel history to China or links to past cases on February 6. total number of cases in Singapore rose to 33, making it country with second-highest number of cases of coronavirus after China. Ministry of Health reportedly said that Code Orange has been issued because of heightened risk. This is second time Singapore has issued Code Orange and first was for swine flu back in 2019, as per reports.
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Health Ministry confirms three more cases
Ministry has confirmed three more cases of vel coronavirus infection in Singapore. Under Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON), orange alert means outbreak is deemed to have moderate to high public health impact.
Ministry of Health in Singapore said that it is introducing ditional measures in order to prevent disease and furr transmission of virus within community, as per reports.
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636 de, more than 30000 affected
Coronavirus has claimed at least 636 lives in China, as per latest government reports. government reported more deaths on Friday morning, leing to crisis worsening. Chinese government also reported that number of people infected has crossed 30,000 across country. outbreak took place in Wuhan in January and multiple countries have started evacuating ir citizens from country, and have decided to restrict entry of foreigners returning from China. World Health Organization (WHO) declared Coronavirus as a 'global public health emergency'.
In order to tackle spreing virus, WHO stated that international community has launched a USD 675 million preparedness and response plan covering months of February through to April 2020. Amidst growing crisis, WHO has repeatedly stated that it stands by China for its efforts to tackle crisis.
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(With inputs from ANI)
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19:39 IST, February 7th 2020