Health D-G: Foreigners account for 416 of Malaysia’s Covid-19 total | Malay Mail

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Health D-G: Foreigners account for 416 of Malaysia’s Covid-19 total

Thursday, 09 Apr 2020 05:43 PM MYTA medical worker takes a swab at a Covid-19 drive-through screening area at KPJ Ampang Puteri April 9, 2020. — Picture by Hari Anggara

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — Nearly 10 per cent of Malaysia’s coronavirus disease patients are non-nationals, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.In his daily Covid-19 press conference today, the Health director-general also said two of the country’s 67 deaths from the disease were foreigners. One was a Pakistani and the other was an Indian national.

Of the 416 cases, 51 were from Indonesia, 37 from India, 31 from Myanmar, 29 from Pakistan, and 27 from the Philippines Dr Noor Hisham said health authorities were also working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and non-governmental organisations to trace refugees and asylum seekers for Covid-19 screening.

 

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