KUALA LUMPUR: The number of asthma cases due to the haze saw an increase of 3.5% to 1,265 cases for the week of Sept 15 to Sept 21 compared to 1,222 cases in the previous week.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said conjunctivitis cases also rose 51.4% to 403 cases compared to 266 cases the week before.
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