Mass testing in Ampang after malaria detected


Precautionary measures: Health Department personnel carrying out malaria screening on a few residents of Taman Saga. — Pic courtesy of Teratai assemblyman Bryan Lai

PETALING JAYA: Mass blood testing for more than 600 households in two neighbourhoods in Ampang is being carried out after 14 cases of malaria were detected in the area.

Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) president Datuk Abdul Hamid Hussain confirmed the malaria outbreak in Taman Saga and Taman Bukit Hatamas, with 13 of the cases found among workers at a construction site.

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