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Coronavirus: Who is considered a contact of an infected patient?
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There are three categories of contacts who may have encountered patients infected with the coronavirus.
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SINGAPORE - According to the Ministry of Health, close contacts of someone who has Covid-19 include people who have had prolonged physical contact with or stayed in the same place as the patient.
There are three categories of contacts who may have encountered patients infected with the coronavirus.

