A Brighton GP practice has been closed after a medical worker thought to be a member of staff tested positive for coronavirus.
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The government has now declared a “serious and imminent threat to public health”, taking new measures which mean anyone with the virus can be forcibly quarantined and won’t be allowed to leave. Eight people in the UK are now infected – all the latest cases linked to a businessman who contracted it in Singapore before flying to the French Alps.
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In This Story: Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.
The country’s territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet, the combined area of which has increased by 25% since the country’s independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the second greatest population density in the world. The country has almost 5.7 million residents, 61% (3.4 million) of whom are Singaporean citizens. There are four official languages of Singapore: English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil; with English being the lingua franca.