Adham Baba: One out of every 20 students screened are thalassaemia carriers


PETALING JAYA: One in every 20 Form Four students have been detected as thalassaemia carriers since screening was introduced in 2016, says Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

The Health Minister said 31,716 students out of 729,994 students screened since 2016 were carriers of the genetic disease.

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