Health workers wearing protective suits as the second batch of Malaysian nationals, evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus outbreak, arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 26. Photo: Handout
Health workers wearing protective suits as the second batch of Malaysian nationals, evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus outbreak, arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 26. Photo: Handout

‘I’m not patient zero’: Malaysia’s 26th coronavirus patient speaks up about new Covid-19 cluster

  • Hisham Hamdan, a top official at Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah, said the second wave of cases had not originated from him
  • He did not become infected while on a business trip in Shanghai in January, he said, as he only displayed symptoms five weeks later

Health workers wearing protective suits as the second batch of Malaysian nationals, evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus outbreak, arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 26. Photo: Handout
Health workers wearing protective suits as the second batch of Malaysian nationals, evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus outbreak, arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 26. Photo: Handout
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