KUALA LUMPUR: Health authorities here will carry out temperature screening of passengers arriving on flights from Wuhan, China following the recent outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness there. State health authorities have been directed to immediately provide the ministry information if a suspected case of pneumonia is detected among those who recently visited Wuhan. The DCD noted that it had yet to receive any new updates on the outbreak in Wuhan as investigations were still being carried out by the health authorities in China. Singapore and Vietnam are also carrying out temperature screening on passengers arriving from Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province. According to a news report from China, the outbreak was traced to vendors selling pheasants and snakes at a market in Wuhan.

Source: The Star January 04, 2020 06:33 UTC