Ministry: TB cases will soar with illegals intake


KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry wants Malaysians to stop employing illegal workers or risk getting infected by tuberculosis.

According to the ministry’s data, TB death cases rose by 5.8% from 1,603 cases in 2014 to 1,696 last year. Such cases were still high, with a drop of only 2% from 24,711 cases in 2014 to 24,220 last year.

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