South Korea confirms new coronavirus case, man infected in Singapore

Employees disinfecting ticket gates in hopes to prevent the contraction of the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea.- AP

SEOUL (The Straits Times/ANN): South Korea has confirmed two more cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 18, with one of the latest cases involving a patient who had returned from Singapore.

The Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) on Wednesday (Feb 5) said a 38-year-old South Korean man who had visited Singapore for work and had come into contact with an infected Malaysian tested positive for the virus, Yonhap reported.