Coronavirus: Two of five patients who attended Paya Lebar church were not known to the church

The Life Church and Missions along Paya Lebar Road. The church was identified as a possible new cluster of patients infected with the coronavirus. ST PHOTO: AUDREY TAN
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SINGAPORE - Two of the five patients in a possible cluster of infected cases linked to a church in Paya Lebar were foreigners who had visited the church on their own, said a spokesman from the The Life Church and Missions Singapore said on Sunday (Feb 9).

"We only learnt about their link with the church through official government reports," said a spokesman in response to queries from The Straits Times.

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