As many as 416 foreigners in the country have tested positive for
COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, making up about
one-tenth of those diagnosed with virus, according to Malaysia’s health
ministry.
The positive Covid-19 cases also included nationals from
Indonesia (51 cases), India (37 cases), Myanmar (31 cases), Pakistan
(29 cases), the Philippines (27 cases), China (25), Bangladesh (12) and
others, the report added
"The ministry is working closely with the
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to ensure that
refugees and asylum seekers are covered in the prevention activities
that are carried out by the government," said its Director-General Datuk
Noor Hisham Abdullah at a press conference on Thursday.
Hisham added that the respective foreign missions had been informed of the status of their nationals.
He
also said that the ministry has received assistance from many
non-governmental organisations and volunteers for on-site field tracking
detection, together with health officers from the District Health
Office.
There were 109 new positive cases in Malaysia on Apr 9,
bringing the total of infected in the country to 4,228 cases, according
to The Star.
Health workers in protective suits work in a tent erected to test for coronavirus at a clinic, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 23, 2020. REUTERS
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