Family members given the all clear


Big clean-up: Workers clearing the drains at Taman Publik Jaya in Likas, Sabah, after a resident of the area contracted Zika virus. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: Family members of the first Zika patient in Klang and another family of three in Malacca have been found to be free from the viral infection.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed that blood samples taken from three family members of the first Malaysian Zika victim in Bandar Botanic in Klang tested negative.

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