Mah: Outsiders may have caused malaria outbreak


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 04 Jan 2017

IPOH: The malaria outbreak at Pos Kemar, Gerik in November last year could have been caused by outsiders.

Perak Health Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon believes that foreign workers involved in building a school there brought the parasite.

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