Third full coronavirus recovery in M'sia, patient to be discharged from HKL


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A 63-year-old man from China who underwent treatment at an isolation ward in Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection becomes the third case of full recovery in Malaysia after repeat tests results found him negative for the virus.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Sunday (Feb 9) that the patient who was the 10th positive case, had been given symptomatic treatment with continuous monitoring, without the need for antiviral drugs.

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