Singapore Finds New Suspect SARS Patient

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Singapore Finds New Suspect SARS Patient

A male patient at Singapore General Hospital has been tested positive for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) disease, local press reported on Monday.

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A male patient at Singapore General Hospital has been tested positive for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) disease, local press reported on Monday.

The patient has been moved to Tan Tock Seng Hospital - the frontline hospital in the fight against SARS, said Channelnewsasia,a local English language TV station, on its website.

But several more tests are being done to confirm this preliminary diagnosis, said the report. In the past, an initial positive result has sometimes proven to be a false alarm, it added. ��

Singapore's Health Ministry was quoted by Channelasia as sayingon Monday that the patient had been isolated at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and contact tracing has begun.

The ministry believes this is an isolated case.

The report said that Singapore's hospitals are also stepping uptheir precautions. Affected wards at Singapore General Hospital have been closed to visitors.

If this suspect case is confirmed, it will be Singapore's firstSARS case since early May. The outbreak of the SARS disease in early March infected over 200 people in Singapore, claiming 32 lives. The city-state was declared SARS-free in late May.

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