PUTRAJAYA: The government has taken further steps to tighten measures against the outbreak of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV which has now reached 27,636 cases, causing at least 630 fatalities globally. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said travel restrictions currently imposed on Chinese visitors from Wuhan and surrounding Hubei province will be expanded to include other regions locked down by the Chinese government. She said the other steps taken would see checks at entry points to the country to be further enhanced by increasing the number of thermal scanners as well as laboratories to speed up investigation and detection of sample results from suspected coronavirus patients. Dr Wan Azizah said at the moment, the number of coronavirus patients found to be positive in Malaysia remains at 14. Meanwhile, she said official programmes or activities in public places in Malaysia may continue unless the organiser intends to cancel it.

Source: New Strait Times February 07, 2020 01:30 UTC