PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has been actively looking out for symptoms of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), which shares features of poliomyelitis, in surrounding areas of the house of the three-month-old boy infected with polio in Tuaran, Sabah, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
The Health Minister said that to contain the spread of the infection, the ministry has screened 661 people until Dec 7 in that area and no cases of AFP were found.
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