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Kuching pastor is Malaysia’s first Covid-19 death

KUCHING — Malaysia has recorded its first Covid-19 death, said the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee.

Sarawak health authorities are trying to trace the source of the pastor's infection.

Sarawak health authorities are trying to trace the source of the pastor's infection.

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KUCHING — Malaysia has recorded its first Covid-19 death, said the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee.

It said the victim, a 60-year-old pastor from the Emmanuel Baptist Church Kuching, died at 11am on Tuesday (March 17) at Sarawak General Hospital.

“The State Health Department is still in the process to identifying the source of his infection,’ it said in a statement. THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT

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