Kuala Lampur, Jan. 26 -- The Ministry of Health (MOH) said today that there has been a total of 23 patients under investigation (PUI) for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) from January 10 to 12pm today, including 14 Malaysian citizens.

One of the 23 is a Jordanian, while the rest are from China, Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.

Four of them (two Malaysian and two Chinese) have now been put under isolation, and their lab test results will be received soon. The rest of cases have been declared as negative and the patients have been discharged.

Out of the 23 cases, there was only one positive case involving a 40-year-old Chinese national.

Three other confirmed positive cases in Malaysia were those in direct con...