[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysia's new COVID-19 cases surge to 6,239, Fauci urges China's release of miners' medical records

AMONG the headlines for Wednesday, 9 June, 2021, Malaysia reports another 6,239 COVID-19 cases within the last 24 hours.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said, the total number of infections now stands at 633,891.

Selangor recorded the highest number of cases with 2,291.

This was followed by Kuala Lumpur (704), Negeri Sembilan (507), Johor (468), Sarawak (419), Kelantan (340), Sabah (232), Pahang (232), Labuan (200), Penang (194), Perak (175), Terengganu (171), Melaka (150), Kedah (135), Putrajaya (17) and Perlis (4)

Also, top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of six mine workers who got sick with COVID-like symptoms when they visited a bat cave in 2012, which is now seen as a key part of efforts to find the origins of COVID-19.

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