Wuhan virus: S'pore confirms fourth imported case

In this Friday, Jan. 24,2020, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker attends to a patient in the intensive care unit at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. China expanded its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people and rushed to build a prefabricated, 1,000-bed hospital for victims Friday as the outbreak cast a pall over Lunar New Year, the country's biggest, most festive holiday. (Xiong Qi/Xinhua via AP)

SINGAPORE (Bernama): Singapore has confirmed the fourth imported case of Wuhan coronavirus infection in the republic.

In a statement issued past midnight, Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) said the fourth confirmed case is a 36-year-old male Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore with his family on Jan 22.