Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad speaks during a townhall session at Puspanita Puri, Putrajaya June 11, 2019. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Dzulkelfy listed out the symptoms of measles such as fever with cough or flu or conjunctivitis and rashes lasting for several days, but said complications can arise especially for babies, children and individuals with malnutrition and low immunity levels. “Efforts to prevent and control the outbreak has been carried out and is still being done, including: Active search of cases in this Orang Asli village and in surrounding villages based on their movements before this.
“States have to immediately inform the Health Ministry through the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre if there are clusters of cases or deaths with the same symptoms,” he said.
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