Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is one of the better prepared countries to face the outbreak. – Health Ministry pic, February 1, 2020.
THE Health Ministry has been screening people who have not shown symptoms but had close contact with those infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus , health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. He said throat swabs were taken from these people and this measure is “over and above” World Health Organisation recommendations.
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