China News Service, March 27th. According to Reuters, on the 27th local time, the Malaysian Ministry of Health said that the country had added 130 new cases of newly diagnosed pneumonia and cumulatively increased to 2161, making it the country with the highest number of diagnoses in Southeast Asian countries.
The Malaysian Ministry of Health also said that the number of people who died of new pneumonia in the country has increased to 26.
According to reports, earlier on the 27th, Malaysia announced an economic stimulus plan worth about 250 billion ringgit (about 58.28 billion U.S. dollars) to ease the economic shock caused by the epidemic.
Singapore's Asia News Channel quoted Malaysian Prime Minister Mukhiddin as saying that the stimulus package includes special subsidies for medical institutions, one-time cash assistance and micro-credit schemes for SMEs.