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Clinicians monitored patients from the initial case cohort, noting that some experienced mild symptoms while others rapidly deteriorated. The risk of "super spreading" events remained a concern—where a single individual infects many others—amplifying outbreaks without immediate detection.
Evolving Strategies and the Growing Threat
As the outbreak expanded beyond Wuhan, initial measures—like stopping travel from affected regions and early case isolation—slowed imported cases into Singapore. Nonetheless, community transmission eventually surfaced, confirmed through clusters in places like churches and local neighborhoods.