Floods: Health Ministry detects 58 cases of different infectious diseases among flood victims


PETALING JAYA: Another 58 new cases of infectious disease were detected among flood victims throughout the country, says the Health Ministry on Wednesday (Jan 5).

In a statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 32 were acute respiratory infections (ARI), 20 were skin diseases while six were cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE).

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