Malaysia-Singapore meeting to contain Covid-19


Malaysian Health Department personnel conducting thermal scanning of vehicles entering Johor Baru from Woodlands Checkpoint on Feb 17, 2020. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore and Malaysia on Tuesday (Feb 25) agreed on some areas of joint cooperation in the two countries' bid to contain the Covid-19 outbreak.

The Singapore-Malaysia joint working group, which was set up on Feb 11, met for the first time in Johor Baru on Tuesday, with senior government officials of both countries in attendance.

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