Malaysia Reports First Confirmed Cases of Novel Coronavirus

Health officials watch thermographic monitors at a quarantine inspection station at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang.

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Malaysia reported its first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, after three members of a family tested positive.

A woman and her two grandchildren -- Chinese nationals from Wuhan -- traveled to Malaysia from Singapore, Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said in a briefing in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. They are related to a 66-year-old man and and his son who had tested positive for the virus in Singapore.