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91 confirmed typhoid cases in Kelantan

KOTA BARU: Ninety-one people in Kelantan have contracted typhoid, state Health Director Datuk Dr Ahmad Razin Ahmad Maher said.
He said they were being treated at the Kota Baru Hospital, Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital in Kubang Kerian, Tumpat Hospital, Pasir Puteh Hospital, Machang Hospital and Pasir Mas Hospital.
The Health Department has examined 112 people suspected to have been infected with the fever, he said.
“We did not receive reports of any new deaths. The death toll remains at two,” he told reporters after chairing an emergency meeting with his officers here yesterday.
Dr Ahmad Razin said there were three deaths at Kota Baru Hospital but they were not related to typhoid.
“We are investigating the cause of death of an 18-year-old girl from Kuala Krai to see whether she died of typhoid,” he said.
Typhoid fever is spread through food and water contaminated by human waste (stools or urine) containing the salmonella typhii bacteria. – Bernama