Doctors urged to be more alert to whooping cough cases


KOTA KINABALU: The Health Ministry has warned doctors to be more alert to coughing among children following an increase in whooping cough cases as well as one death in Sabah.

According to minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa, from January to April 27, Sabah has recorded a relatively high number of the contagious disease at 76 cases with one death.

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