Sabah Zika patient dies from heart-related complications


PETALING JAYA: A man from Sabah who tested positive for Zika has died from heart-related complications.

Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) confirmed that the 61-year-old from Taman Public Jaya in Likas died on Saturday afternoon from heart-related complications, not the virus.

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