PUTRAJAYA, :
All visitors entering the country through the Kuala Lumpur
International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang will be screened for the Middle
East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV) said Health Minister
Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.
He said the situation in the
country was under control and no new cases were reported, he told
reporters after launching the National Healthcare Leaders’ Summit on
Patients for Patient Safety, here today.
Yesterday, Health
Director-general Datuk Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah had said in a
statement that no new cases were reported throughout the country.
Malaysia recorded its first
death related to MERS-CoV on April 13, after a 54-year-old man
contracted the MERS-CoV while performing umrah in Makkah.
The victim from Batu Pahat,
Johor died at the Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital of severe pneumonia from
MERS-CoV infection, the first casualty reported in the country and
region.
The World Health Organisation has recorded 238 cases and 92 deaths related to MERS-CoV globally. – BERNAMA
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