KUALA LUMPUR: Misinformation about vaccines has caused a huge spike in vaccine-preventable diseases, with almost a 1,000% increase in the number of measles cases compared to five years ago.
The Health Ministry said the exponentially increase in vaccine-preventable infectious diseases in the country was primarily due to misinformation about vaccines being spread on social media.
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