Thailand:
Today, 15 February 2020, the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand announced a new laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 novel coronavirus case, the 34th confirmed case in the country so far.
• The case reported today is that of a 35-year-old health care worker who tended to a COVID-19 patient at a private hospital. According to the Ministry’s report, the health care worker did not wear a mask consistently while looking after the patient.
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South Korea, Singapore Report New Infections
South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Sunday one new case of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total to 29.
The new case is an 82-year-old South Korean national who has no recent travel history outside of the country.
In Singapore, the country’s total known cases of coronavirus now stands at 72 after the local Ministry of Health announced five new cases on Saturday.
None of the new patients have recently traveled to China.
Among the five, three are Singaporean nationals, aged 79, 27, and 25; one is a 26-year-old Bangladeshi national; and the last one is a 40-year-old Chinese national. The two non-Singaporeans have a local work pass.
Of the three Singaporeans nationals, two are family members of the country’s 66th confirmed case, the other is someone who has come into contact with the 66th case.
Singapore’s 66th confirmed case involves a 28-year-old Singaporean national who also has no recent travel history to China.
The Bangladeshi patient is among five confirmed cases from a local construction site.
The 40-year-old Chinese national had come in contact with the country’s 59th confirmed case, who is a 61-year-old Singaporean national who has not recently traveled to China.