Tourists from China unable to return home due to flight cancellations over the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak will be issued with a special pass to extend their stay in Malaysia, Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said today. Read More (nst)
A 67-year-old Chinese tourist from Wuhan is the 16th patient that has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail Read More (thestar)
Forty healthcare workers were infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by patients at a single Wuhan hospital in January, a new study has found, underscoring the risks to those at the frontlines of the growing epidemic. Read More (nst)
Tens of thousands of devotees have thronged Batu Caves since early Saturday (Feb 8) to celebrate Thaipusam. Read More (thestar)
3,399 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 86 deaths Friday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The death toll now stands at 722. Read More (thestar)
Given China's economic heft and position at the nexus of global supply chains, the new strain of coronavirus is affecting companies far and wide and in multiple sectors... Read More (thestar)
Dr Li Wenliang, one of eight people who tried to warn about the novel coronavirus when it first emerged in Wuhan but was reprimanded by local police, has passed away from the virus, said the Central Hospital of Wuhan. Read More (thestar)
Politicians and supermarket chain representatives on Friday (Feb 7) called on shoppers to remain calm, saying Singapore has sufficient stocks of essential supplies and food. Read More (thestar)
Electronics giant Foxconn, maker of the Apple iPhone, is taking the unusual step of switching part of its production to making surgical masks. Read More (bbc)
The Sabah government has announced additional temporary travel restrictions due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Read More (thestar)
Sabah has stepped up its preventive measures against the novel coronavirus outbreak by imposing temperature screening measures for all incoming visitors, both domestic and international. Read More (malaymail)
Singapore has moved up its response to the coronavirus outbreak to Code Orange because of "heightened risk", said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Read More (thestar)
The death of a Chinese doctor who tried to warn about the coronavirus outbreak has sparked an unprecedented level of public anger and grief in China. Read More (bbc)
There are three new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Singapore and none of them are linked to the existing cases or have been in China recently, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday (Feb 7). Read More (channelnewsasia)
A 59-year-old woman from Wuhan is the latest positive case of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Malaysia, bringing the country's tally to 15. Read More (thestar)