Singapore (VNA) - Singapore on February 7 raise its alert forcoronavirus outbreak to Orange after the country recorded a total of four infection cases ofunknown origin.
With the alert level now raised to Orange, Singapore will focus on efforts to managethe situation, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said at a press briefing on February7, adding the key is quick detection and managing the local spread.
The heightened response comes as the ministry announced three new cases on February7 - all are Singaporeans not linked to any earlier clusters, and who had notbeen to China recently. Earlier, Singapore reported a similar case.
The three new cases were discovered because hospitals here have started testingall pneumonia patients for the virus, according to the ministry.
The total number of people infected here has grown to 33.
Two of the patients have been discharged, but two are now in critical conditionand in the intensive care unit.
With the Orange alert level, new precautionary measures will be in place tominimise the risk of further virus transmission to the community.
These include schools cancelling all inter-school events and externalactivities till the end of the March holidays; companies implementing businesscontingency plans; limiting visits to pre-schools and eldercare services; andtemperature screening in hospitals./.
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Illustrative image (Source: AFP/VNA) 
