SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Several of the locally infected patients with no known links had seen a doctor two or three times before they were sent to hospital.
This is because the illness generally starts mild with non-specific symptoms such as cough, sore throat, slight fever and feeling tired, said Professor Leo Yee Sin, executive director of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
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