Almost 1,000 teens tested positive for STDs from 2018 to 2022, says Fadhlina


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 913 teenagers, some as young as 13, tested positive for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) from 2018 to 2022, says Fadhlina Sidek.

The Education Minister said this was based on information provided by the Health Ministry and involved syphilis, gonorrhoea, chancroid and HIV.

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