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Health officials wear face masks at an inspection site at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Jan. 21. © AP

P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- The new coronavirus from Wuhan, China, was confirmed to have spread to Malaysia on Saturday, with the Southeast Asian country declaring its first three cases.

All three are Chinese nationals -- a woman and her two grandchildren. The woman's husband, the children's 66-year-old grandfather, was the first infected individual confirmed in Singapore.

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