Malaysia PM in home quarantine after officer tests positive for COVID-19

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be home quarantined for 14 days after an officer who attended a meeting with him this week tested positive for the new coronavirus, the prime minister's office said in a statement on Friday.

Muhyiddin has tested negative but "all members of the meeting have been instructed to undergo screening and 14 days' home quarantine", the statement added.