Malaysia warns of rising number of COVID-19 deaths, cases among children

A medical worker wearing a protective suit conducts a COVID-19 swab test on a child in Shah Alam, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 27, 2021. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian health authorities have raised concerns about a growing number of coronavirus deaths and serious cases involving children, after a surge in overall infections forced the Southeast Asian nation into a strict lockdown.

Malaysia recorded the deaths of three children aged below five due to the coronavirus in the first five months of this year, the same number recorded over the whole of 2020, according to Health Ministry director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah. Noor Hisham did not say how many children had been tested for COVID-19 or if authorities planned to ramp up testing among minors.

Malaysia's total caseload hit over 595,000 on Thursday, with 3,096 deaths, the third highest total in the region behind Indonesia and the Philippines.

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