Coronavirus: M’sia to discuss preventive measures with S’pore after Orange alert thesundaily Malaysia WanAzizah Singapore coronavirus
Malaysia will hold discussions with Singapore following the island-state’s move to raise its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition level from Yellow to Orange in efforts to curb the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus infection.said the discussions, among others, will include talks on measures to be taken to protect workers from both countries.
The deputy prime minister said in the case of Singapore, there had been victims who contracted the virus from visiting Chinese nationals. The Singapore Ministry of Health yesterday detected new coronavirus cases comprising Singapore citizens with no known links to previous cases or no recent travel history to China, and following this, raised its DORSCON level from Yellow to Orange.
Dr Wan Azizah said besides preventing unnecessary panic, the move was also in line with the World Health Organisation’s current stand that widespread travel bans and restrictions weren’t needed to stop the outbreak. On concerns that the Malaysian tested positive on Feb 4 may have ‘spread’ the virus to others as he was believed to have visited several places before he was diagnosed, Dr Wan Azizah said there is no reason for people to panic.
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