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Leprosy outbreak in Negeri Sembilan: Here’s everything you need to know about the disease
By Milad Hassandarvish
Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 10:43 AM MYT
Leprosy has caused one death in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan as of February 2025.
Leprosy is not highly contagious and requires prolonged, close contact with an infected person to spread.
It doesn’t spread through casual contact like shaking hands or hugging, sharing meals or sitting within proximity.
Prevention currently is only the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine in the market.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Negeri Sembilan is currently experiencing an outbreak of leprosy with nine reported cases so far and one death of an 18-year-old girl three days ago, after a week-long fever.
The reported cases were in the villages of Kampung Orang Asli Chergun and Guntur in Kuala Pilah and those infected are currently receiving treatment.
As of now, the state authorities have quarantined these two villages as a precaution to contain the spread of the disease, although Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad has said the cases are isolated and not widespread.
Malaysia was one of the pioneers in the global fight against the disease in the 1980s and even achieved the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) elimination target to less than 1 case per 10,000 people in 1991...
Leprosy outbreak in Negeri Sembilan: Here’s everything you need to know about the disease
By Milad Hassandarvish
Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 10:43 AM MYT
Leprosy has caused one death in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan as of February 2025.
Leprosy is not highly contagious and requires prolonged, close contact with an infected person to spread.
It doesn’t spread through casual contact like shaking hands or hugging, sharing meals or sitting within proximity.
Prevention currently is only the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine in the market.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Negeri Sembilan is currently experiencing an outbreak of leprosy with nine reported cases so far and one death of an 18-year-old girl three days ago, after a week-long fever.
The reported cases were in the villages of Kampung Orang Asli Chergun and Guntur in Kuala Pilah and those infected are currently receiving treatment.
As of now, the state authorities have quarantined these two villages as a precaution to contain the spread of the disease, although Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad has said the cases are isolated and not widespread.
Malaysia was one of the pioneers in the global fight against the disease in the 1980s and even achieved the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) elimination target to less than 1 case per 10,000 people in 1991...