First Bangladeshi catches coronavirus in Singapore

A Bangladeshi worker has been infected by new coronavirus in Singapore on Sunday, quoting the country's Health Ministry, reports The Straits Times.

Details about the patient could not be known yet. 

The 39-year-old Bangladeshi was warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID).

His symptoms surfaced on Feb 1, and he went to a GP clinic on Feb 3, and Changi General Hospital on Feb 5.

He was admitted to the intensive care unit at Changi General Hospital after a follow-up appointment at Bedok Polyclinic on Feb 7.

He was confirmed to have the coronavirus on Saturday afternoon, and was then transferred to NCID.

Before being admitted to hospital, he had visited Mustafa Centre in Little India, and stayed at The Leo dormitory in Kaki Bukit.