China News Service, March 16th. According to Singapore ’s Lianhe Zaobao, Malaysia ’s Minister of Health Azam said on the afternoon of the 16th local time that as of noon on the 16th local time, there were 125 new cases of new crown pneumonia in Malaysia. The total number of confirmed cases was 553.
Azam told a press conference that there are currently 12 confirmed patients in Malaysia in intensive care units who need breathing aids. He said that the number of confirmed cases in Malaysia began to increase last week, so the country ’s epidemic prevention work has entered a “late stage containment” phase, and the authorities need to prevent the spread and deterioration of the epidemic at this stage.