Kampung Kuala Koh crisis: Restrict contact to curtail spread
POSTED ON JUNE 10, 2019, MONDAY AT 12:04 AM NATION, NEWS
KOTA BHARU: The Kelantan Health Department wants contact between the Orang Asli community in Kampung Kuala Koh in Gua Musang and outsiders to be restricted.
Kelantan Health Director Dr Zaini Hussin said the move was to curtail the spread of pneumonia infections as it can be transmitted through respiration.
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?Of the population of 186 population, 83 of them have been and are being treated. We found the rest to be healthy and we will leave them be,? he said.
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He said the present case is clearly pneumonia ...
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Earlier yesterday, Gua Musang district police chief Supt Mohd Taufik Maidin had confirmed the latest death toll due to the outbreak stood at three.
He also denied claims by locals that 13 villagers had died due to the outbreak, claimed to be due to water contamination from a nearby iron ore mine.
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Minister confirms deaths of 14 Orang Asli from Kg Kuala Koh
Robin Augustin - June 9, 2019 2:40 PM
PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister?s Department P Waytha Moorthy has confirmed that 14 Orang Asli villagers from Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, have died from an illness believed to be pneumonia.
Waytha, who is en route to visit the patients and the villagers, said 83 villagers are being treated, with 37 receiving outpatient treatment and 46 being hospitalised.
Of those hospitalised, two are in serious condition ? a 36-year-old woman and a 3-year-old child.
However, police claimed they had information that only three Orang Asli had died from the respiratory illness, including one who died this morning at the Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II in Kota Bharu.
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Kelantan Health Dept denies another Orang Asli dies of pneumonia
Last update: 09/06/2019
KOTA BHARU, June 9 (Bernama) -- Kelantan State Health Department has refuted claims that another Orang Asli resident from Kuala Koh, Gua Musang has died at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital (HRPZ II) today as alleged on social media.
State Health director Dr Zaini Hussin said the news was not true as the three-year-old patient was still undergoing treatment at the HRPZ II?s Children Intensive Care Unit after being diagnosed with bronchial pneumonia or broncopneumonia as well as suffering from malnutrition.
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The number of Orang Asli residents who were screened until yesterday (June 8) stood at 155 people with 83 were showing some symptoms,? he said in a statement today.
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He added that based on clinical symptoms and infection, these cases were suspected of contracting pneumonia.
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POSTED ON JUNE 10, 2019, MONDAY AT 12:04 AM NATION, NEWS
KOTA BHARU: The Kelantan Health Department wants contact between the Orang Asli community in Kampung Kuala Koh in Gua Musang and outsiders to be restricted.
Kelantan Health Director Dr Zaini Hussin said the move was to curtail the spread of pneumonia infections as it can be transmitted through respiration.
...
?Of the population of 186 population, 83 of them have been and are being treated. We found the rest to be healthy and we will leave them be,? he said.
...
He said the present case is clearly pneumonia ...
...
Earlier yesterday, Gua Musang district police chief Supt Mohd Taufik Maidin had confirmed the latest death toll due to the outbreak stood at three.
He also denied claims by locals that 13 villagers had died due to the outbreak, claimed to be due to water contamination from a nearby iron ore mine.
...
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Minister confirms deaths of 14 Orang Asli from Kg Kuala Koh
Robin Augustin - June 9, 2019 2:40 PM
PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister?s Department P Waytha Moorthy has confirmed that 14 Orang Asli villagers from Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, have died from an illness believed to be pneumonia.
Waytha, who is en route to visit the patients and the villagers, said 83 villagers are being treated, with 37 receiving outpatient treatment and 46 being hospitalised.
Of those hospitalised, two are in serious condition ? a 36-year-old woman and a 3-year-old child.
However, police claimed they had information that only three Orang Asli had died from the respiratory illness, including one who died this morning at the Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II in Kota Bharu.
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Kelantan Health Dept denies another Orang Asli dies of pneumonia
Last update: 09/06/2019
KOTA BHARU, June 9 (Bernama) -- Kelantan State Health Department has refuted claims that another Orang Asli resident from Kuala Koh, Gua Musang has died at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital (HRPZ II) today as alleged on social media.
State Health director Dr Zaini Hussin said the news was not true as the three-year-old patient was still undergoing treatment at the HRPZ II?s Children Intensive Care Unit after being diagnosed with bronchial pneumonia or broncopneumonia as well as suffering from malnutrition.
...
The number of Orang Asli residents who were screened until yesterday (June 8) stood at 155 people with 83 were showing some symptoms,? he said in a statement today.
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He added that based on clinical symptoms and infection, these cases were suspected of contracting pneumonia.
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