Boy, 11, dies in Miri Hospital from severe influenza, not Covid-19


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 12 Mar 2020

MIRI: The Sarawak Health Department has confirmed that an 11-year-old boy who died in the Miri Hospital on Wednesday (March 11) succumbed to severe influenza, and not Covid-19.

In a press statement issued from its headquarters, the department director Dr Chin Zin Hing said the boy died in the intensive care unit (ICU).

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