'Critical' coronavirus patient recovers, discharged from JB hospital

| Another patient who was diagnosed by Malaysian health authorities as being infected by the novel coronavirus has recovered.

Noor Hisham said the man, who was the fourth 2019-nCoV case in Malaysia, had deteriorated to a critical condition a day after he was admitted on Jan 24 with symptoms including high fever and pneumonia. "Chest X-rays on the fourth day showed signs of a worsening infection. The hospital commenced the use of the Kaletra anti-viral drug on Jan 28.

The treatment was the same method used on a four-year-old girl who was on Jan 28 diagnosed as the sixth coronavirus case in Malaysia.on Feb 4 and was discharged from the Sultanah Maliha Hospital in Langkawi, Kedah.In the latest recovery case, Noor Hisham said the man was allowed to leave the hospital at 7.15pm today.

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