A New SARS Case Reported in Singapore

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A New SARS Case Reported in Singapore

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Singapore has not made it out of the World Health Organization's list of SARS-affected countries asit had hoped for because its Ministry of Health reported a new probable SARS case Sunday after 19 days of no-new SARS-case record.

While making the revelation at a press conference this evening,Singapore Minister for Health Lim Hng Kiang asked Singaporeans notto be disappointed and to lead life with normalcy despite the occurrence of new case that dashed Singapore's hope of being declared SARS free country by WHO on May 18.

Lim said that the patient, a Singapore permanent resident from Malaysia, felt feverish and developed a cough on May 5 and was admitted on May 11 to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital which has been designated to treat SARS patients.

According to the minister, the patient's condition deterioratedon May 13 and tests results obtained on the night of May 17 confirmed that he is infected with SARS. On May 18, the test was repeated on his sample and two additional samples were tested withdifferent test kit but all results were positive.

Lim identified the new case as Lee Chong Kian, a 39-year-old man who worked as quantity surveyor at two sites in Singapore and said his ministry has decided to put out a public appeal for contacts of the patient.

This is the first time that the MOH made public the name and identification of a SARS patients since the outbreak of SARS in Singapore in early March.

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