PUTRAJAYA: A high-level emergency meeting to discuss the Wuhan coronavirus in the country is being chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail at her office here.
Also present at the meeting on Sunday (Jan 26) were Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo, Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud and Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik.
So far, there are four confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus within the country.
On Jan 24, three China nationals from Wuhan tested positive for the virus. The three infected were relatives of a 66-year-old man from Wuhan who recently tested positive for the new viral strain in Singapore.
On Saturday (Jan 25), the fourth case of coronavirus was detected in Malaysia after a 40-year-old man from Wuhan arrived in Johor Baru on Wednesday (Jan 22) via bus from Singapore.
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