PUTRAJAYA, Feb 4 (Sin Chew Daily)  — Health minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said in a press conference today that a Malaysian man from Selangor had been diagnosed with the 2019 novel coronavirus.

The 41-year-old man was in Singapore for a conference between January 16 and 23. He visited a private hospital in Selangor for cough and fever upon his return from Singapore, and was subsequently referred to Hospital Sungai Buloh on Feb 2.

He was one of the two new confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in the country, the other being a Chinese national.

There are currently ten confirmed cases in Malaysia, including one Malaysian and nine Chinese nationals.