Melaka Health chief clarifies viral claim of ship from Wuhan landing at Kuala Linggi
Wednesday, 05 Feb 2020 11:45 PM MYTPeople are seen wearing protective masks at the arrival hall in KLIA 2, Sepang January 27, 2020. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
“The department would like to clarify that the viralled statement that a ship and its crew that berthed on February 3, 2020 is not from Wuhan,” its director Dr Ismail Ali said in a statement tonight. He added that the department has been carrying out stringent health checks on all arrivals at all gateways into Malaysia from high-risk countries, especially China, following the worldwide spread of the novel 2019-nCoV coronavirus.
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