FILE PHOTO: A general view of Jurong Safra clubhouse, where the largest cluster of coronavirus cases were confirmed, in Singapore March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After a coronavirus outbreak began to disrupt lives and activity in Singapore late in January, Conceicao Edwin Philip keeps himself ready to rush to hospital at a moment's notice, if summoned.
Philip is not a doctor or nurse, but his work, using a telephone to question patients separated from him by two glass walls, has become crucial in the Asian city-state's fight on the virus, which has caused 187 infections in Singapore.
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