Rise in Sabah hepatitis cases


KOTA KINABALU: Patients infected with the hepatitis virus in Sabah have gradually increased over the past three years.

From 1,192 in 2013, hepatitis cases have risen to 1,492 this year, said Selayang Hospital Hepatology Department chief Dr Tan Soek Siam.

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