The coronavirus disease spreading around the world has killed more than 810 people, exceeding the toll from the global outbreak of SARS that started in China almost two decades ago. Read More (thestar)
Malaysia will restrict admission of Chinese nationals arriving from the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu with immediate effect, following their lockdown by the Chinese government due to the ongoing novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. Read More (malaymail)
A second flight bringing 174 Singaporeans and their family members home from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the outbreak of the novel coronavirus originated, arrived at Changi Airport on Sunday morning (Feb 9). Read More (thestar)
2,656 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 89 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The death toll now stands at 811. Read More (thestar)
Britain said on Saturday that a final evacuation flight from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, had taken off with more than 200 people on board. Read More (thestar)
Malaysia will hold discussions with Singapore following the island-state’s move to raise its (Dorscon) level from Yellow to Orange Read More (malaymail)
There are seven new coronavirus cases in Singapore, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday (Feb 8). Read More (straitstimes)
China has blocked a plan by Apple supplier Foxconn to resume production in China from Monday, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday, amid concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus. Read More (thestar)
The Chinese national who was admitted to the isolation ward in Hospital Permai, Johor Bahru on Jan 24 after being infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus has been discharged. Read More (thestar)
A second evacuation flight bringing back Singaporeans and their family members from virus-hit Wuhan in China was expected to arrive in the city-state on Sunday morning, Singapore's foreign ministry said on Saturday. Read More (thestar)
Almost a month after the first novel coronavirus case outside of China was confirmed in Thailand on Jan 13 and amid the virus’s subsequent spread to a number of other countries, Indonesia seems to remain free of the fast-spreading illness. Read More (thestar)
The business event at the Grand Hyatt Singapore that has been linked to at least five coronavirus cases in three countries was hosted by a global gas analysis company with offices in Europe and Asia. Read More (thestar)
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)