KUANTAN: The Pahang Health Department has confirmed that a pertussis (whooping cough) case has been reported in Kampung Bahagia, Rompin.
Its director Datuk Dr Nor Azimi Yunus said the Rompin District Health Office (PKD) detected the case recently, involving a mother and her two children.
“All the patients have been given treatment and are in stable condition.
“The Rompin PKD has increased prevention and control activities in the area where the patients are residing,” she in a statement yesterday.
“Health education activities have been undertaken through ceramah, distribution of pamphlets and dissemination of information via social media,” she said, adding that the situation was under control.
Dr Nor Azimi was commenting on a notification dated Aug 14 declaring the outbreak of pertussis in Rompin which has gone viral on social media, Bernama reported.
Whooping cough is commonly spread by the Bordetella pertussis bacteria when patients sneeze or cough.
It can infect people of all ages but infants and children who are not fully immunised are most at risk of contracting the disease.
