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Four-year-old Chinese girl in Langkawi with coronavirus cured, allowed to fly home

KUALA LUMPUR — A four-year-old Chinese girl who was treated for the novel coronavirus in Langkawi has been fully cured.

The unnamed four-year-old Chinese girl (in her father’s arms) who was infected with the novel coronavirus had undergone treatment and has been given the all-clear to return home to China.

The unnamed four-year-old Chinese girl (in her father’s arms) who was infected with the novel coronavirus had undergone treatment and has been given the all-clear to return home to China.

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KUALA LUMPUR — A four-year-old Chinese girl who was treated for the novel coronavirus in Langkawi has been fully cured.

Malaysia's health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the girl, who was reported to be have been infected with the virus on Jan 29, had undergone treatment at the Hospital Sultanah Maliha in Langkawi, Kedah and has been given the all-clear to return home to China.

“This case shows the 2019-nCoV is treatable and the patient can recover fully, as many other cases in China have been reported.

“The perception that this disease is fatal to those who contract it is inaccurate,” he wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday (Feb 4) night.

He included several snapshots of the unnamed girl, saying they were released with permission from her family for publication.

Dr Noor Hisham said the last two repeated clinical tests performed on the girl showed she no longer had the virus.

He congratulated the Langkawi hospital for its care and treatment of the child.

Malaysia currently has 10 official cases of the novel coronavirus. Five cases were patients-under-investigation, while the other cases consist of those who had been in close contact.

Of the latter five, four are warded in Selangor's Hospital Sungai Buloh and one is in Johor’s Hospital Permai.

Nine of the confirmed cases involve Chinese nationals.

The most recent case was confirmed on Tuesday by Malaysia's Health Ministry. The patient is a 41-year-old Malaysian man from Selangor who contracted the virus while in Singapore for a work meeting, which included China nationals.

The unnamed Malaysian man is currently being treated in an isolation ward at Sungai Buloh Hospital. MALAY MAIL

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