Subra: Intensify efforts to stop Zika virus


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 09 Feb 2016

A health technician analyses a blood sample from a patient bitten by a mosquito at the National Institute of Health in Lima, Peru on Feb 2, 2016. - Reuters

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians have been asked to help in efforts to control the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes, as it is the best way to stop the Zika virus.

In a statement on Monday night, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said he had recently noticed poor conditions at dengue hotspots nationwide.

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