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Singapore team working on test for Wuhan virus

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While the mystery flu that has hit the Chinese city of Wuhan has not reached Singapore’s shores, scientists with the Home Team have already begun working on a way to test for the virus.

This comes after China recently released a draft genome of the newly discovered virus, which has seen 45 confirmed cases in Wuhan, as well as infections confirmed in Japan and Thailand.

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