No Malaria Cases Among Foreign Workers In Tanjung Bungah

PENANG, April 15 (Bernama) -- No new Malaria cases are being reported among foreign workers in Taman Permai, Tanjung Bungah, which so far has seen eight cases since early this month.
Checks conducted by the State Health Department around the housing construction site found all 178 workers who underwent check-up were free from the disease.
The Northeast District Health Officer Dr Mohd Salleh Jais who headed the inspection round today with about 10 members said it was part of the efforts to keep in check malaria in the state.
The team has been conducting checks in the area since April 7 and will go on until no more reports of Malaria, he said when met here today.
Yesterday, the Health Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary Datuk Lee Kah Choon confirmed that eight suspected malaria cases were reported and all patients are being warded.
Lee said seven of the eight were illegal immigrants who were working at the site.