Three more diphtheria cases confirmed in Johor

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The three were isolated at a paediatric ward after being suspected of the disease.

It was reported earlier that five children suspected to be diphtheria positive wereIn a statement today, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cases involved a four-year-old boy and girl, as well as a 15-year-old girl, who all lived in the same house as the two-year-old believed to haveThe four-year-old girl who tested positive for the disease was the sister of the deceased toddler.

Hisham said eight other people living in the same house as the deceased did not display any symptoms for diphtheria, but were treated with antibiotics as a preventive measure. “Following the outbreak of diphtheria in Johor, the Health Ministry would like to emphasise the importance of immunisation for infectious diseases that can be prevented by vaccines such as diphtheria, measles, whooping cough and others,” he said.

 

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