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The Star

Tashny Sukumaran

A married couple from China, who were the seventh and eighth Covid-19 cases in Malaysia, have recovered and been discharged from hospital.
The Health Ministry said the couple, who received treatment at Hospital Permai in Johor Baru, were allowed to return home on Tuesday.
“The husband and wife have fully recovered after two consecutive repeat tests were negative,” health director general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah wrote on Facebook.
“As a result, all positive Covid-19 cases that were treated at Hospital Permai in Johor Baru have fully recovered and have been discharged.”

He described the couple’s discharging as “a cheerful and blessed moment”, and thanked the ministry’s staff for caring for the sick.
With this recovery, there are now no more coronavirus patients in the capital of Malaysia’s southernmost state of Johor, which borders Singapore.
The number of Covid-19 patients in Malaysia who has recovered and allowed to return home is 13.




The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country remains at 22, with nine patients still under treatment.
Out of the 22 cases, 15 are China nationals, six are Malaysians and one is an American.
Read the original article at Star Online.

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Husband and wife, who were the seventh and eighth cases in Malaysia, were allowed to return home on Tuesday
Malaysia’s health director general described the couple’s discharging as ‘a cheerful and blessed moment’, and thanked the ministry’s staff



Husband and wife, who were the seventh and eighth cases in Malaysia, were allowed to return home on Tuesday.
