Malaysia confirms first COVID-19 death, victim is pastor from Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR: A 60-year-old pastor from Sarawak has become the first patient with COVID-19 to die in Malaysia, the secretariat for Sarawak's state disaster management committee said on Tuesday .on Tuesday at Sarawak General Hospital, it said in a statement.The secretariat added that 193 close contacts of the deceased have been traced and are undergoing home-quarantine.

The statement added that Sarawak has recorded 11 new positive cases on Tuesday, with six from Kuching, three from Limbang and one each from Betong and Lawas. On Monday night, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced a restricted movement order, which bars citizens from going overseas and foreigners from entering the country for about two weeks starting Wednesday to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 in the country.

As part of the order, public gatherings and movements in the whole country, including religious events, sports meets, social and cultural activities will be prohibited.To enforce this, he outlined that all places of worship and business premises must be closed, except for supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores selling everyday necessities.

Mr Muhyiddin also announced that all firms will be closed except for those involved in essential services such as water, electricity, energy, telecommunications, transport, oil, petrol, safety and defence.However, it is not the first country to report deaths linked to COVID-19 in the region. As of 3pm on Tuesday, Indonesia has five reported deaths while Thailand has one death.

Actually 2 deaths.

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