KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Tuberculosis (TB) mortality in Malaysia increased by five per cent and case detection decreased by 10 per cent last year compared to 2019, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
The Health Minister said now, due to certain similarities in the behaviour of these two infectious diseases, there have been inevitable consequences.
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