Singapore Reports 1st Two COVID-19 Deaths, Philippines Records Biggest Daily Cases Increase
-- Singapore reports its first two COVID-19 deaths -- Philippines sees 77 more COVID-19 cases, the biggest single-day jump -- Pakistan will suspend international flight operations for two weeks -- Timor-Leste records the first confirmed case of COVID-19
Sunday 22 March 2020 | 08:42
People walk on an empty footbridge in Quezon City, the Philippines, on March 21, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
Singapore on Saturday reported the first two COVID-19 deaths while the Philippines recorded its biggest COVID-19 cases increase in a single day.
SINGAPORE
Singapore reported its first two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, which involve one Singaporean and one Indonesian who are both senior people, according to the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
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MOH said in a press release that two patients have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning.
A press release quoted Singaporean Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong as saying that he was saddened by the passing away of the patients and will render all necessary assistance to their families.
Photo taken on March 19, 2020 shows an almost empty departure hall at the Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Saturday evening confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 94.
The ministry said 196 suspected coronavirus cases are quarantined in the country while more than 36,000 others are being monitored.
AUSTRALIA
Australia's iconic Bondi Beach was ordered to be shut down on Saturday afternoon after hundreds of beachgoers crowded on the sand on Friday ignoring the ongoing social distancing guidelines.
There have been 874 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia as of 6:30 a.m. local time Saturday.
FIJI
Fiji reported Saturday its second confirmed case of COVID-19 following a 27-year-old national flight attendant who tested positive on Thursday.
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said in a statement that the second confirmed case of this virus is the first patient's mother who developed symptoms soon after entering isolation in Nadi Hospital and her results came back positive on Saturday.
This is the the first locally-transmitted case in the island nation. Like his son, who is in a stable condition in Lautoka Hospital, she remains in isolation in Nadi Hospital where she is in a stable condition.
