PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has denied a local daily’s report that a new dengue virus, known as Denv-5, has been found.
Its deputy director-general (public health) Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman said the existence of the new dengue serotype had yet to be confirmed by the scientific community.
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