Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad signalled his last day as health minister today in a tweet to update the Covid-19 outbreak in the country today. Read More (malaymail)
A Japanese national has reportedly tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus after visiting Indonesia, raising concerns about the country’s ability to detect carriers of the deadly virus. Read More (thestar)
China's Hong Kong reported four new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and one confirmed case was transferred from a suspected one on Sunday (Feb 23), taking the total to 74 as of 8pm local time, Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said. Read More (thestar)
A 40-year local woman previously warded for Covid-19 has fully recovered and was discharged Saturday afternoon (Feb 22). Read More (thestar)
China's daily number of newly cured and discharged novel coronavirus patients has surpassed that of new confirmed infections for the fifth consecutive day, according to the National Health Commission Sunday. Read More (thestar)
South Korea reported 123 new confirmed coronavirus cases and a fourth death from the virus, taking the national tally to 556, the Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Sunday. Read More (thestar)
Singapore reported three more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday (Feb 22), bringing the number of cases in the country to 89, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a daily update. Read More (channelnewsasia)
In South Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outside China. But it’s not the numbers that are worrying experts: It's that increasingly they can't trace where the clusters started. Read More (thestar)
A second patient infected with the new coronavirus has died in Italy, ANSA news agency reported citing healthcare sources, as an outbreak spreads in the country's industrious north with 30 cases reported so far. Read More (thestar)
The number of people infected with the coronavirus in the country had more than doubled to 433. Read More (thestar)
A 70-year-old man in China's Hubei province was infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) but did not show symptoms until 27 days later, the local government said on Saturday (Feb 22), meaning the virus' incubation period could be much longer than the presumed Read More (thestar)
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A 70-year-old man in China's Hubei Province was infected with coronavirus but did not show symptoms until 27 days later, the local government said on Saturday, meaning the virus' incubation period could be much longer than Read More (thestar)
South Korea reported 142 more Covid-19 coronavirus cases on Saturday morning, bringing the nationwide total to 346. The new tally makes South Korea the worst-affected country outside of China. Read More (nst)
South Korea reported 142 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, almost all linked to outbreaks at a hospital in Cheongdo county and a church in Daego city, bringing the national tally to 346. Read More (thestar)
A 20-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, travelled 400 miles(675 km) north to Anyang where she infected five relatives, without ever showing signs of infection, Chinese scientists reported on Friday, offering new Read More (thestar)