Doctor is ninth Covid-19 fatality - infection linked to overseas travel

Published: Mar 22, 2020 5:21 AM | Updated: Mar 22, 2020 6:37 AM

CORONAVIRUS | A ninth Malaysian, a 48-year-old medical doctor, has succumbed to the Covid-19 virus.

In releasing the information, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the victim had not been a frontliner in the fight against the disease and that the condition was linked to his overseas travel.

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