Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali. – Bernama
GEORGE TOWN: The Health Ministry has expressed concern about the possibility of an increase in cases of flood-related infectious diseases besides Covid-19, following the ongoing floods in several states.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said floods could cause water-borne diseases such as leptospirosis, cholera, diarrhoea, fever, respiratory tract infections, dengue and also food poisoning.
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