SINGAPORE - Singapore has confirmed the first patient to be infected with both the coronavirus disease and dengue.
All other patients who had been warded with the woman when she was admitted as a dengue patient are now quarantined at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (Feb 20).
The 57-year-old Singaporean, who is case 82, is the only known person here with both diseases, MOH said.
She visited the hospital last Thursday and Saturday, and was admitted as a dengue patient in a general ward on the second visit.