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COVID-19: Another patient with Indonesian travel history tests positive in Malaysia
The woman is the ninth COVID-19 patient abroad to have tested positive for the disease after traveling to Indonesia.
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This handout photo from Malaysia's Ministry of Health taken and released on February 26, 2020 shows health workers wearing protective suits as the second batch of Malaysian nationals, evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak, arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. (AFP/Muzzafar Kasim / Malaysia's Ministry of Health)
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Malaysian woman has tested positive for COVID-19 in Kuala Lumpur after returning from a visit to Indonesia, Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported on Thursday.
The woman is the ninth COVID-19 patient abroad to have tested positive for the disease after traveling to Indonesia.
According to the Bernama report, the 46-year-old woman visited Jakarta and Bogor with her husband and two children from Feb. 13 to 19.
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She was treated at the Taman Desa Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur before being transferred to Hospital Kuala Lumpur shortly after testing positive.
In a press conference on Sunday, Health Ministry Disease Control and Prevention Directorate general secretary Achmad Yurianto said that authorities were tracking down those who had had contact with the woman.
Indonesia has announced four confirmed COVID-19 cases, all of which are connected to a Japanese woman who tested positive for the disease in Malaysia after visiting Indonesia in early February. (vny)
