Coronavirus: UUM to screen students from China as precautionary measure
Wednesday, 29 Jan 2020 03:23 PM MYT
ALOR SETAR, Jan 29 ― Universiti Utara Malaysia students who just arrived from China will undergo a second health screening at the university as a precautionary measure against the 2019 novel coronavirus infection. UUM views the risk of the virus infection seriously as there are many international students at the university, including 422 from China, he said in a statement today.
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