Elderly M'sian woman is country's 17th coronavirus victim, says Health DG


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A sickly 65-year-old Malaysian woman is the latest confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) case, bringing the number of infections in the country to 17.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the woman is the mother-in-law of the Malaysian who was confirmed to have been infected with the virus on Feb 4, the ninth case in the country.

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