CORONAVIRUS | Malaysia has recorded two more cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) - one Malaysian and a tourist from Wuhan, China.
This brings the total number of cases in the country to 14, up from 12 yesterday.
At a press conference in Putrajaya today, Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad (photo) said that the Malaysian is the younger sister of the 41-year-old Malaysian man who tested positive for the virus on Feb 3 after returning from Singapore.
The woman had been in “direct contact” with her elder brother when he returned to his hometown of Sungai Petani on Jan 23 to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Nine days later on Feb 1, she developed a fever and sore throat.
On Feb 4, she developed a cough.
The woman then sought medical treatment from a private clinic. The minister did not mention where the clinic was or when she had visited it.
After her brother tested positive for 2019-nCoV, health ministry officials traced her and tested her. She tested positive for the virus yesterday (Feb 5).
Of the 42 people tested following contact tracing procedures initiated after her brother’s case, the 40-year-old mother of two was the only person found with 2019-nCoV.
Warded in isolation at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah in Alor Setar, Kedah; the minister said that she is currently in a stable condition.
Wuhan tourist is 14th case
Meanwhile, a 38-year-old female tourist from Wuhan, China - the epicentre of the virus outbreak - also tested positive for 2019-nCoV.
On Jan 25, she arrived in Malaysia with her mother and three friends. The group had visited several tourist sites around Kuala Lumpur, the minister said.
On Feb 1, she sought medical treatment for a slight fever at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
“The doctor who treated her allowed her to go home and gave her some medicine and a home assessment tool,” Dzulkefly said as he read from a statement.
The tourist and the group were then told to quarantine themselves.
On Feb 5, the tourist was tested positive for the virus after a ministry official examined her and referred her to Hospital Kuala Lumpur by a ministry official.
She is presently being warded in isolation and is in a stable condition, the minister said.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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