KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A sickly 65-year-old Malaysian woman is the latest confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) case, bringing the number of infections in the country to 17. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the woman is the mother-in-law of the Malaysian who was confirmed to have been infected with the virus on Feb 4, the ninth case in the country. He said the woman had direct contact with the ninth case when she joined him and several other family members for Chinese New Year meals on several occasions between Jan 26 and 28. "As soon as her son-in-law, the ninth case, was confirmed 2019-nCoV positive, she had been traced by the District Health Office. The son-in-law of the woman was the first Malaysian confirmed as coronavirus positive on Feb 4.

Source: The Star February 09, 2020 09:43 UTC