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People wearing mask in subway during the outbreak in China
taken to prevent further local spread. For more information, please contact
The health authority is already taking Associate Professor Dr Rafdzah Ahmad
appropriate measure including active Zaki, Department of Social and Preventive
surveillance, early detection, isolation Medicine at rafdzah@ummc.edu.my.
and case management. Contact tracing
also has been performed to identify any Disclamer: All information content in this
further local transmission. The symptoms article is based on available data until 6th
of 2019-nCoV may appear in as early as 2 February 2020.
days or as long as 14 days after exposure.
Close contacts should self-isolate at home (As of 11 February 2020, the 2019-nCov is
for 14 days after the last possible contact now called “COVID-19”. More updates of this
with a confirmed 2019-nCoV case, and disease will be available in the next issue.)
monitor for any symptoms.
References:
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evidence suggests that the virus can 2. cases
World Health Organization (WHO): Novel Coronavirus
be spread by droplets from infected
(2019-nCoV) SITUATION REPORT.
Special Highlight individuals, and the best way to prevent 3. Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic
and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak
this is through social responsibility and
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T Wu, Kathy Leung, Gabriel M Leung. The Lancet.
personal hygiene. This includes frequent
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the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) - WHO,
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important to keep update information on
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Ministry of Health Malaysia, Media statement 6
6.
the local and global 2019-nCoV situation
February 2020
from official authority.
