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Malaysia confirms 3 cases of Wuhan Coronavirus

Three Chinese individuals have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus in Malaysia according to Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad on Saturday.
The three people have entered Malaysia via Johor Bahru are the wife and grandchildren of the 66-year-old man who is being treated in Singapore after testing positive for the virus.
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The health official said that the three patients are now at Sungai Buloh Hospital in Selangor.
They boarded a flight from Guangzhou to Singapore on January 22. There were nine people in their group, the first male patient, his wife, son, daughter-in-law, two grandchildren and another family of four comprising husband and wife and two children.
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The family has been put into quarantine upon their arrival in Johor. They were not exhibiting flu-like symptoms in the initial test conducted to them.

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