FILE PHOTO: Firefighters spray disinfectant on a street during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
April 8, 2020
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian health authorities on Wednesday reported 156 new cases of coronavirus infection, pushing the cumulative total to 4,119 cases as Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy continues to grapple with the highest rate of infection in the region.
The health ministry also reported two new deaths, including one Pakistani national who had attended a mass religious gathering that was the source of over 1,000 infections in the country.
(Reporting by Joseph Sipalan; Editing by Catherine Evans)
