KUANTAN: The Pahang Health Department has confirmed that 10 blood samples taken from 19 people involved in the search and rescue operation to locate a drowned victim in Lubuk Yu in Maran last month were infected with melioidiosis and leptospirosis.
Pahang Local Government, Environment and Health Committee chairman Datuk Hoh Khai Mun, who received the blood test results Thursday, said six of the blood samples were infected with melioidiosis and four others with both diseases.
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