Malaysia health ministry confirms four new Coronavirus cases

Health Ministry of Malaysia has reportedly said on March 1 that country has confirmed four new cases of Coronavirus taking total number of infections in country to 29. According to reports, all of new cases were Malaysians and two of m had a travel record to China and Italy. report said that 22 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital of total cases in Malaysia. 

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Death toll stands at 2900

China has reportedly confirmed 573 new cases of vel coronavirus cases on February 29, soaring figures from 427 previous day, confirmed China’s health authority. number of fatalities stood at 35, dipping from 47 reported previous day.

total death toll in mainland China is more than 2900, as per reports. At least 34 new fatalities were reported in Hubei province, where COVID-19 first originated. province detected 570 new cases within 24 hours, National Health Commission of China said in media reports.

China had earlier described situation regarding pathogen outbreak as "still grim and complex" as disease spread globally raising international concerns.

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CNHC urges to contain virus

Minister of China's National Health Commission (NHC) Ma Xiaowei told a news conference that despite some success in containing strain of new virus, re was a risk of epidemic rebounding. He said that China mand to contain spread of virus and curb human-to-human transmission to a great extent after government implemented "unprecedented" measures. He furr added that deepening health crisis due to Coronavirus became an ecomic challenge for country as well.

According to reports, amid mounting cases of deadly COVID-19, China resorted to stepping up its quarantine measures on foreign nationals. It also offered assistance to countries abroad like Iran and Japan which are severely impacted by contagion. Iran is one of most severely affected nations outside mainland China which has reportedly surpassed 500 confirmed coronavirus cases and reported 210 fatalities so far. An Iranian lawmaker, Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak, died succumbing to worsening health conditions due to Coronavirus.

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(With ncy Inputs)