[custom_adv] The new cases in the UAE were detected in a 34-year-old Filipino national and a 39-year-old Bangladeshi national who had contact with a Chinese national who had been diagnosed with the virus, the health ministry said in a statement. [custom_adv] It said the two were in stable condition. [custom_adv] More than 2,100 people have died in China from the new virus that emerged in Wuhan in December. [custom_adv] New research suggesting the virus is more contagious than previously thought has added to the international alarm over the outbreak. [custom_adv] The UAE, a major international air transit centre and tourism and business hub, recorded its first coronavirus case on Jan. 28 when four members of a Chinese family were diagnosed. [custom_adv] It has since suspended passenger flights to mainland China, with the exception of Beijing. [custom_adv] Most of those diagnosed in the UAE with the virus have been Chinese citizens. [custom_adv] Another Filipino national and one Indian national have also been infected, according to the health ministry. [custom_adv] Another Filipino national and one Indian national have also been infected, according to the health ministry.