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Nearly 5% of foreigners tested have Covid-19, says health D-G

Health authorities have tested more than 25,000 foreigners working in Malaysia for the novel coronavirus. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 12, 2020.Director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 495 of the positive cases are still receiving treatment in hospital.

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