No TB outbreak in Cheras, says FT health director


PETALING JAYA: The tuberculosis cases in Cheras are unrelated and do not constitute an outbreak, says Federal Territories health director Dr Nor'Aishah Abu Bakar.

She was responding to a social media post claiming that three unrelated tuberculosis cases at a local apartment complex as an outbreak zone.

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