Singapore lifts its country-wide warning level as there are three more reported cases of the new coronavirus in patients with no links or travel history to China

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Singaporean officials are also warning all businesses that they should be prepared for a widespread community transmission in the country.

The alert level is now at 'Orange', similar to that of the SARS outbreak back in 2002-03. This is just one step below 'Red' - which signifies a pandemic situation.

This is seeing risk currencies take another hit lower with AUD/USD and NZD/USD slipping to fresh session lows of 0.6690 and 0.6421 respectively.