190 new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 190 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported as at noon today, bringing the tally to 428, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. He said preliminary investigations showed that most of the new cases were linked to the cluster at the tabligh assembly at the Sri Petaling Mosque recently. […]

Covid-19 rears ugly head

Positive cases up from zero to nine forcing cancellations of major events state-wide KUCHING: Sarawak has six new Covid-19 cases, increasing the statewide total to nine positive tests as the disease continues to spread, forcing cancellations of major events statewide. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said two new cases were […]

Three people test positive

KUCHING: Sarawak has recorded its first Covid-19 cases, with three persons testing positive for the virus. State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the first and second cases are from the cluster who attended the Ijtimak (religious gathering) at Sri Petaling Mosque in Selangor from Feb 28 to March 1 recently, […]

State still Covid-19 free

KUCHING: State Disaster Management Committee and the State Health Department are still tracing those who had got into contact with Case 33, a 58-year-old man who was in Kuching on Feb 16. The committee and the department want to meet these people because Case 33 has been confirmed positive of Covid-19. On March 3, Health […]

Four new Covid-19 cases

KUALA LUMPUR: Four more positive cases of Covid-19 have been reported, bringing the number in the country to 29. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the 26th case was a 52-yearold man who visited Shanghai, China in mid-January. He said the man came down with fever and sore throat on Feb 27 and […]

Malaysia confirms 16th case

CORONAVIRUS WATCH PUTRAJAYA: A woman from Wuhan, China has been confirmed as the 16th positive case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today. She said the 67-year-old tourist was the mother of a friend of another confirmed case who was detected […]

Two Malaysian evacuees tested positive for coronavirus

PUTRAJAYA: Two of the 107 Malaysians and non-Malaysian spouses and children airlifted out of coronavirus-hit Wuhan in China yesterday have tested positive for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus  (2019-nCoV). This brings cumulative cases of the coronavirus in Malaysia to 12. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said the two new cases involved a 45-year-old man and his son, aged nine, and […]

Eighth positive case in Malaysia

WUHAN VIRUS KUALA LUMPUR: One more novel coronavirus case has been confirmed today, bringing the total number of infections in Malaysia to eight. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said all eight cases comprise Chinese nationals. The eighth case is a 49-year-old woman who has been admitted to an isolation ward in Hospital Permai, […]

Three more positive cases in Malaysia

WUHAN VIRUS KUALA LUMPUR: Three more 2019 novel coronavirus or Wuhan virus positive cases have been reported in Malaysia, bringing the total of positive cases to seven. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a statement yesterday said, all seven cases involved Chinese nationals. The three latest positive cases involved a four-year-old child being […]