Contaminated water suspected in Tenom acute gastroenteritis outbreak

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KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Health Department (JKNS) has confirmed that 191 residents in the Tenom district have contracted Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE), ...

: The Sabah Health Department has confirmed that 191 residents in the Tenom district have contracted Acute Gastroenteritis , with 37 of them admitted to hospital.

He said JKNS, through the Tenom District Health Office , first identified an increase in AGE cases in the district on June 4, through continuous surveillance. “Control measures taken include epidemiological investigations, laboratory testing and health education for both patients and the public. So far, 19 clinical samples have been collected from those admitted to Tenom Hospital, with 16 testing positive for Rotavirus,” he said in a statement today.

 

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