Typhoid on the rise in KL


PETALING JAYA: Typhoid fever cases have seen a sudden spike in the country with 32 cases reported in Kuala Lumpur since August, and the Health Ministry is rushing to find the source of the infection.

In a statement, director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said that since the first week of August, the Kuala Lumpur Health Department had received seven cases of typhoid fever.

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