Second Bangladeshi infected with coronavirus in Singapore

Two more people in Singapore, including another Bangladeshi worker, have been infected with coronavirus, The Straits Times reported today.

The new cases -- which bring the number of infected to 47 -- have been confirmed by the country's Ministry of Health (MOH), the report adds.

One of the two new cases is of a 39-year-old Bangladeshi worker who had worked at Seletar Aerospace Heights, the same location as another Bangladeshi who was found to have the virus last Saturday. Both did not live on the same premises, the report says.

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First Bangladeshi infected by Coronavirus in Singapore

The other is a 35-year-old Singaporean permanent resident living in Johor Baru, who works at the Resorts World Sentosa casino.

Neither had been to China recently.

Meanwhile, two more patients have been discharged from hospital, bringing the total number of those who have recovered to nine, The Straits Times reports.

The Bangladeshi national is a Singapore work permit holder. He reported symptoms on February 6, went to the GP the next day, and to NCID on Monday.

Before being admitted to hospital, he had stayed at his rental apartment in Veerasamy Road. He had worked in the same location as case 42, a 39-year-old Bangladeshi national, who had visited Mustafa Centre in Little India before being hospitalised, and who stayed at The Leo dormitory in Kaki Bukit, The Straits Times reports.

Earlier on February 1, a 39-year-old Bangladeshi worker began showing symptoms of the infection.

He is being kept in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.