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Don’t panic, TB is treatable and containable

By The Star Says

TUBERCULOSIS (TB) is back in the headlines following an outbreak in Johor where 33 people were detected with the disease.

This alone has made people uneasy. But TB is not new, and this detected cluster in Kota Tinggi is not a sign that the system has failed.

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