Malaria — Worldwide/Unknown
66 per cent or 2584 out of 3923 malaria cases reported in the country last year [2015] derived from monkey (zoonotic) malaria, with the highest number of patients recorded in Sabah, Sarawak and Kelantan.
Head of the Health Ministry’s Vector-Borne Disease Sector Dr Rose Nani Mudin said 730 cases or 19 per cent of malaria infections began with foreign workers in the plantation sector.
According to statistics, she said in the 1st quarter of this year [2015], 356 cases, or 67.6 per cent of
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