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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Brunei reported five more cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, one day after the country confirmed its first case on Monday, the country's Ministry of Health said.

The health ministry announced that five close contacts of the first COVID-19 victim also tested positive for the cirus and have now been isolated for treatment at the National Quarantine Center in Tudong District.

The five new cases had been in close contact with the first patient, a 53-year-old local man who contracted the virus during a religious mass gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from Feb. 28 to March 3. After returning to the country on March 3, the patient developed fever on March 7 and received treatment at Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha(RIPAS) Hospital, the country's biggest hospital the next day.

At the moment another 16 close contacts of the first case are still under quarantine.

Ninety other Bruneians participated in the Kuala Lumpur gathering but returned on different flights. The health ministry is urging them to come forward to get tested at the Flu Center, RIPAS Hospital.

In light of the recent developments of the COVID-19, Brunei's Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday afternoon that the first school term break scheduled for March 16 will be moved earlier to March 11.

The health ministry added that at this point all six patients are in good and stable condition. Enditem