Three-year-old boy dies of diphtheria in Kota Kinabalu


A nurse displays a tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis whooping cough vaccine at a free medical and dental health clinic in Los Angeles, California. Reuters.

KOTA KINABALU: A three-year-old boy living in the suburban Menggatal area here died of diphtheria, the third case in the country in June.

Sabah Health Department director Dr Christina Rundi said that the child, who was not immunised, was from the migrant community.

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