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Sabah suspends flighs to Wuhan

Jan 27, 2020

Sabah has suspended all flights from Kota Kinabalu to Wuhan, China due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The state govt says the 14 weekly flights to Wuhan will only resume once the outbreak is contained.

However, flights to other regions in China are still running. 

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Police have detained two Chinese nationals who took their toddler out of a public hospital in JB, even though the child was suspected to have been infected with the Coronavius

State police say they were picked up as they were about to board a flight to China. 

All three family members have been referred to hospital for further examinations.

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Sabah has already given polio vaccines to nearly 110 thousand children aged aged 5 years and below. 

They account for 27 percent of all children in the age group in the Sabah.

Last month, a three-month-old boy in Tuaran, became the first polio patient in Malaysia in 27 years. 

Another two cases were detected there earlier this month.