Malaysia on Saturday reported 10 new cases of the novel coronavirus , bringing the total number of infections to 93, as it turned away a cruise ship from a port in northern Penang state. Health director general Noor Hisham Abdullah said all of the cases had been identified and the patients were currently under treatment. “All the new cases recorded today are due to close contact with Case 33, where four cases, which are cases 85, 86, 87, and 93, were first-generation close contacts with Case 33,” he said in a statement on Saturday. Noor Hisham said the other six cases were second-generation close contacts of Patient 33. Malaysia reports 14 new virus cases linked to Khazanah cluster “All of the cases were detected during contact tracing and were admitted to the hospital for isolation and further treatment,” he said. Based on the ministry’s latest investigations into close contacts of Case 26 , there was a cluster of Covid-19 infections linked to Case 33, Noor Hisham said. Case 26, a top official from sovereign wealth fund Khazanah, was described by the health ministry this week as an “extraordinary spreader” . He later identified himself as Hisham Hamdan, and clarified that while a new cluster was linked to him, “being linked to me and having originated from me are two entirely different things”. A look at coronavirus clusters across the world Noor Hisham on Saturday said 132 close contacts had been identified with Case 26. Of these people, 18 tested positive, “all currently under treatment and in stable condition”, he said. “Some 38 close contacts have tested negative and been ordered to self-quarantine and home monitoring for 14 days,” Noor Hisham added. “The lab results for 76 more close contacts have yet to be determined but all of them are reportedly healthy and have been put under self-quarantine and monitoring at home.” He said the ministry would continue conducting close contact tracing in a bid to stop the outbreak of the infection. “The ministry would also like to say that Case 78, which was reported on March 6, was detected from a Patient Under Investigation (PUI),” he said. “The patient has a travel history to Indonesia for a period of seven days from February 13 to 19. A total of 67 close contacts were also identified and their samples have been taken. All of the close contacts have been put under observation and monitoring at home,” said Noor Hisham. Earlier on Saturday, Malaysia turned away a cruise ship carrying around 2,000 passengers and crew from a port in Penang state, becoming the second country to bar the ship from docking after Thailand. The Costa Fortuna was turned away from the popular resort island of Phuket in southern Thailand on Friday due to the presence of 64 Italians on board. Thai health authorities have officially designated Italy a dangerous communicable disease area because it has been hit hard by the coronavirus. Phee Boon Poh, a Penang executive councillor, said he was informed by the Penang port that it had turned away the cruise liner Saturday morning following a directive from the transport ministry. He said the ship was now making its way to Singapore . ‘Genuine club-banger’: Coronavirus songs in Asia that have gone viral The neighbouring city state on Saturday reported eight new cases of the coronavirus , bringing its total number of infections to 138. Four of Singapore’s new cases were part of a cluster involving a private dinner function at Safra Jurong in the west of the island state on February 15, the health ministry said. One was linked to the cluster at The Life Church and Missions Singapore, two were likely to be imported cases; and the last case was not linked to any previous cases, the ministry said in a statement.