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A poster on screening for the Wuhan coronavirus at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. On Monday, Malaysia banned Chinese nationals from Hubei province from entering the country. No new confirmed cases of the virus have surfaced in Malaysia since four Chinese nationals tested positive last Saturday.
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Shannon Teoh Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur, Shannon Teoh
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The uproar in multiracial Malaysia over the perceived mishandling of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak points to growing racial and xenophobic sentiments, especially among the country's Malay-Muslim majority.
No new cases have surfaced since four Chinese nationals, all from Wuhan, tested positive for the virus last Saturday, and no local transmissions have been reported.
