KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (Sin Chew Daily) — Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed on his Facebook this morning that two Malaysian citizens onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at the port of Yokohama in Japan had been infected with COVID-19.

He also wrote that two more Malaysians were still waiting for their test results.

Japan's health, labor and welfare ministry announced on Monday that 99 more people onboard the Diamond Princess had been confirmed with COVID-19 infection, bringing the total confirmed cases onboard the cruise ship to 454.