Two out of 107 individuals who arrived in Malaysia on a special flight from Wuhan, China, this morning, had failed their health screenings here and immediately sent to the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital.

Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said all 107 Malaysians who were living in Wuhan - the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak - had passed an initial screening in China before boarding the AirAsia flight chartered specifically for the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) effort.

For the 105 Malaysians who passed the health screening, Wan Azizah said they were bussed to a surveillance centre at the Akademi Kepimpinan Pendidikan Tinggi (AKEPT) in Bandar Enstek, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, where they will be subjected to screenings twice a day and kept in quarantine until declared fit to leave.