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China coronavirus: Malaysia confirms three cases, Australia has four
- The three cases were the wife and grandchildren of a Chinese man who was confirmed as Singapore’s first coronavirus case
- In Australia, one case has been confirmed in Melbourne and three in Sydney, while Japan has also reported its third case
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Malaysia’s health ministry on Saturday confirmed three Chinese nationals had been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
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The three cases were the wife of a 66-year-old man from Wuhan who was confirmed as Singapore’s first coronavirus case, as well as their two grandchildren, aged two and 11 years old, health ministry Dzulkefly Ahmad said at a press conference on Saturday.
They were warded at Sungai Buloh Hospital in Selangor and were in stable condition, he said.
The three entered Malaysia through Johor Baharu, and passed temperature screening checks with no signs of fever, the minister said.
The family was reported to have boarded a flight from Guangzhou to Singapore on January 20, 2020.
Nine people boarded the plane together with the 66-year-old Wuhan man: his wife, son, daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, and another family (consisting of a husband and two children) who were good friends of the family.
The authorities managed to track down the suspect cases after receiving information from Singapore’s health ministry.
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