Five more COVID-19 patients in Singapore have been discharged from hospital, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a daily update on Monday (Feb 17). Read More (channelnewsasia)
6 cases involving Malaysians, 15 from China & 1 from US - Recovered: 9 (Case 6,4,10,1,2,3,5,15,9) Read More (outbreak)
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto said on Monday (Feb 17) that Singapore is not the "epicentre" of the coronavirus outbreak despite the rise in the number of confirmed cases in the Republic Read More (thestar)
PUTRAJAYA: The first confirmed Malaysian Covid-19 coronavirus patient has recovered from the disease and has been discharged. Read More (thestar)
Sarawak has received three new thermoscanners from the Health Ministry to screen the temperature of arrivals at the state's entry points to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 Read More (thestar)
Fourteen people who had tested positive for the new coronavirus were among the more than 300 US citizens and family members evacuated by plane from a quarantined ship in Japan, the US State Department said Monday (Feb 17). Read More (thestar)
BANGKOK: Thailand has recorded one new case of Covid-19 coronavirus, bringing the total in the country to 35, a senior health official said on Monday. Read More (nst)
Holland America Line said it is working with governments and health experts to track passengers who disembarked from its Westerdam cruise ship docked in Cambodia after an American woman tested positive for coronavirus in Malaysia. Read More (thestar)
Shopping malls and owners of shophouses have been urged to give their tenants rental rebates from 30% to 50% for the next six months to help them ride out the effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. Read More (thestar)
Universiti Malaya says students who assisted in processing students returning from China did so of their own free will. UM said it took the decision to run the centralised surveillance procedure and the students offered to help. Read More (thestar)
The remaining passengers on the MS Westerdam cruise ship in Cambodia will not be allowed to enter Malaysia after an 83-year-old American woman on board the ship tested positive for Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) after flying into Malaysia. Read More (thestar)
China contains 99% of Covid-19 cases within borders through lockdowns, sacrifices Read More (thestar)
Hundreds of passengers were preparing to be evacuated from a cruise ship on Sunday after spending two weeks under quarantine off Japan over the coronavirus, with Americans expected to begin flying home on chartered planes as soon as Sunday evening. Read More (thestar)
Singapore on Sunday (Feb 16) confirmed three new COVID-19 cases, including a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) regular serviceman linked to a cluster at the Grace Assembly of God church. Read More (channelnewsasia)
Another Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) patient has recovered and was discharged from hospital, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. Read More (thestar)