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Dzulkefly: Antiviral drug only used on coronavirus patients with pneumonia
PUCHONG: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad today said that antiviral drug, Kaletra, will only be used to treat novel coronavirus patients with pneumonia. “Other novel coronavirus patients will be given symptomatic treatment with continuous monitoring, without the need
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Coronavirus: Reporter, family under quarantine in Kuching as precaution
KUCHING: A reporter from a local newspaper, Suara Sarawak, has been placed under house quarantine on suspicion of having contracted the novel coronavirus. Aina Azizah Yeo, 24 (pix), who has been working with the media outlet for three months, is reported as saying
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Malaysian working in Macau latest to test positive for coronavirus
KUALA LUMPUR: Another positive case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was reported involving a 31-year-old local man with history of traveling to China, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the man who worked in Macau, China,
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Hisham: A new coronavirus case confirmed in Malaysia, total now 18
PUCHONG: The Health Ministry today confirmed a Malaysian man aged 31 has been infected with the novel coronavirus, making the total of confirmed case in the country at 18. Its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the man
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Coronavirus: Third case of full recovery, patient discharged from HKL
KUALA LUMPUR: A 63-year-old man from China who underwent treatment at an isolation ward in Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection becomes the third case of full recovery in Malaysia and was discharged yesterday. Health
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‘Enemy of mankind’: Coronavirus deaths top SARS, now at 811
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 yesterday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break.
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Seven more confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed seven new cases of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in the republic, bringing the total to 40. Of these, five are linked to previously announced cases, said MOH in its latest update. “Among the new
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Coronavirus set to overtake SARS, more than 700 now dead in China
BEIJING: The new coronavirus epidemic in mainland China is almost certain to become more deadly than SARS today as the death toll passed 700, health experts warned of mask shortages and more cases were confirmed on a quarantined Japanese cruise
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MARGMA sees nearly 20% surge in Malaysia’s glove exports in 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s rubber glove exports are likely to surge nearly 20% to 230 billion pieces in 2020, up from 192 billion pieces last year, as the world rolls up its sleeves to fight against the deadly novel coronavirus 2019
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Coronavirus: One new case detected in Malaysia, total now 15 – Dzulkefly
PUCHONG: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad today said a tourist from Wuhan, China has been confirmed infected by the novel coronavirus in Malaysia. Dzulkefly said the woman, aged 59, is the 15 confirmed novel coronavirus cases detected in
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