SINGAPORE - When Mr Wang, a tourist from China, was admitted to hospital on Jan 24, he had only a slight cough but felt well otherwise.
Over the next few weeks, the cough persisted, but the 37-year-old Chinese national did not have any other symptoms such as a runny nose or fever.
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