KOTA KINABALU: The viral message that a boy from China was allegedly infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and admitted to one of the hospitals here is false.
The matter was confirmed by Sabah Health director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi.
“It’s fake news,” she said in a short message via WhatsApp to Bernama, here today.
The viral message among others read that a seven-year-old boy from Shanghai, China was infected with the 2019-nCoV and currently being treated at one of the hospitals here. - Bernama
