22nd case of COVID-19 in malaysia

[Jonathan Fillion]

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/02/565906/moh-working-contact-tracing-22nd-covid-19-patient

 The Health Ministry is in the process of tracing flight crew members and passengers on board the same aircraft with the American woman who tested positive for Covid-19 here.

arrived in the country from Cambodia on Feb 14.

“MOH (the Health Ministry) is working closely with airlines to get the particulars of the passengers,” Dr Lee told the New Straits Times.

It was reported earlier that the woman, 83, tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the tally of the number of infections in Malaysia to 22.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a statement, had said that the woman was among a group of 145 passengers of a cruise ship that docked in Cambodia on Feb 13.