Singapore reports 1st two coronavirus deaths

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Singapore reports 1st two coronavirus deaths

By Semi Turaga

23/03/2020

[Photo: CBNC]

Two people have died of the coronavirus in Singapore.

It is the first confirmed fatalities in the Southeast Asian nation. They were a 75-year-old female Singaporean, and a 64-year-old Indonesian man. There are now more than 432 cases in Singapore.

Singapore has also said it will ban all short-term visitors and limit foreign workers from entering to reduce the risk of imported cases of the coronavirus.

[Source: Bloom-berg]

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