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Coronavirus: Two new cases in Malaysia, one is a local
PUCHONG: Two new cases of novel coronavirus has been detected in the country, one involving a Malaysian. The Malaysian citizen was said to have attended a meeting in Singapore, where participants from China were present It was said that the
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Coronavirus: HK reports first death as hospital workers escalate strike
HONG KONG: Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus death today, a 39-year-old male who had been suffering from an underlying illness and had visited China’s Wuhan city last month, hospital staff said, marking the second death outside mainland China. The
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Agong hopes Malaysians returning from Wuhan to be in good health
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah hopes all Malaysians who will be brought back from Wuhan, China, to be in good health and protected from infection of the 2019 novel coronavirus and other diseases. Comptroller of the Royal
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Coronavirus: Brazil to declare health emergency
BRASILIA: Alarmed by the growing risks of a new coronavirus, Brazil has decided to repatriate Brazilians from Wuhan, China, and will declare a national health emergency, Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said yesterday. A chartered plane would be sent to
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Coronavirus: China virus death toll passes 400 mark
BEIJING: China said it would welcome assistance from the US to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll rose today by a new daily record to more than 420. The
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Coronavirus: Returning Thais to be quarantined at Chon Buri
BANGKOK: All Thais evacuated from Wuhan, the epicentre of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China, tomorrow will be examined and quarantined for 14 days at naval base Chon Buri. In a statement today, Royal Thai Navy spokesperson Prachachart Sirisawat said five buildings
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Coronavirus: China accuses US of whipping up panic
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China has agreed to allow US health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) effort to help fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths continued to mount. In central China’s
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Coronavirus wipes RM1.7 trillion off China’s stock market
Investors erased US$420 billion (RM1.7 trillion) from China’s benchmark stock index today, sold the yuan and dumped commodities as fears about the spreading coronavirus and its economic impact drove selling on the first day of trade in China since the
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Preparation to bring home Malaysians from Wuhan in final stage – Ambassador
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Embassy in China is in the final stage of preparations to gather all identified Malaysians in Wuhan to be brought home today, following the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China. Malaysian Ambassador to China Raja Datuk
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Thailand marks progress in treatment of coronavirus
ANKARA: Doctors at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand made progress yesterday in the treatment of people infected with the novel coronavirus, reported Anadolu Agency. They administered a combination of HIV and flu medications to those suffering from the coronavirus, which led to improvements
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