Viral message of Wuhan virus detected in Ipoh untrue, says Health D-G
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says people should not spread unverified news on social media. – Health Ministry pic, January 25, 2020.
NO novel coronavirus case has been detected in Ipoh, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today in refuting social media messages going viral. He said the viral message, which claimed that a student who had returned to Malaysia from Wuhan, China, had been admitted to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh after being tested positive for 2019-nCoV, was not true.
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