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Seven new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Malaysia
PUCHONG: Seven new cases of COVID-19 were reported today, totaling the coronavirus cases recorded in the country to 36. In a statement today, the Prime Minister Office said 14 of the cases are still receiving treatment at Sungai Buloh Hospital
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COVID-19: China advises overseas Chinese to stay away from the country
BEIJING: Chinese authorities today asked overseas Chinese to reconsider or minimise their travel plans as the coronavirus epidemic spreads across the world and prompts an uptick of imported cases arriving in the country. Travellers from countries with severe coronavirus outbreaks
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COVID-19: Health DG never issued statement over Pantai, Bangsar areas
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Ministry director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today he had never issued a statement asking the public to avoid Pantai and Bangsar areas over the next 10 days due to COVID-19, as viralled on social
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COVID-19: Hangzhou launched QR code to scan health condition
KUALA LUMPUR: China’s Hangzhou recently launched a health QR code system as a regional ‘traffic permit’, ensuring systematic population flow during the novel coronavirus outbreak. According to the Hangzhou Municipal Government in a statement, the health QR code is the
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Jokowi announces Indonesia’s first two confirmed COVID-19 cases
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that two Indonesians have tested positive for COVID-19, the first two confirmed cases of the disease in the country. Jokowi said that the two people, a 64-year-old and her 31-year-old daughter, had been in
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Thailand reports first COVID-19 death
BANGKOK: A 35-year-old Thai retail worker became Thailand’s first COVID-19 fatality yesterday, the Department of Disease Control said. Its director-general Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen said the man had been down with dengue fever since late January and was later diagnosed with COVID-19 and transferred to
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COVID-19: New cases had been confirmed in Hubei
BEIJING: China’s central Hubei province, the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, reported less than 200 cases of new infections for the first time since January. Hubei had 196 new confirmed cases yesterday, the National Health Commission said today, sharply
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Hisham: Four new cases COVID-19 detected in Malaysia
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 detected in the country, which bring the total of 29 cases. Its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a Malaysian man aged 52 who had traveled to Shanghai,
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COVID-19: Two new cases recorded in M’sia
PUCHONG: Malaysia detected two new cases of coronavirus, which brings up the total number of patients to 25, according to a statement by the Health Ministry. A woman from Japan, 41, who works in Malaysia, had visited Japan between Jan
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COVID-19: Death toll in mainland China rise to 2,788
BEIJING: The death toll of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China has risen by 44 to 2,788, and the number of confirmed cases has increased by 327 to 78,824, Sputnik news agency reported the state health committee as
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