At least three Asian businessmen who attended an international conference at a Singapore hotel have contracted the coronavirus, Malaysian and South Korean authorities said on Wednesday.
The cases indicate the virus is now spreading through human-to-human contact outside China.
Malaysia said its first infected citizen — a 41-year-old man — had attended a meeting of several international delegations, including those from China where the virus originated, in Singapore in mid-January.
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