TANAH MERAH: Forty members in a family have been quarantined at a hospital here after a 59-year-old man died of a type of virus that doctors have yet to identify. The man suffered from a cough and had difficulty breathing before he died at the Tanah Merah Hospital on Monday. To avoid the possible spread of infection, doctors decided to quarantine 40 relatives of the man from Kampung Panglima Bayu. The man's 23-year-old nephew said his uncle suffered breathing difficulties after he and his family members returned from the holidays. He was told by doctors that his uncle died of pneumonia although he was not known to have suffered from any major diseases.

Source: The Star February 09, 2017 03:01 UTC