Floods: 43 new cases of infectious diseases detected among victims, says Health DG


PETALING JAYA: Forty-three new cases of infectious diseases were detected among flood victims throughout Malaysia, says the Health Ministry.

Thirty-five of them involved acute respiratory infections while seven others had acute gastroenteritis, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

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