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A new polio case detected in Sabah
PUCHONG: A three-year old foreigner in Sandakan, Sabah has been confirmed infected with polio. Health Ministry secretary general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the boy was confirmed infected with polio after test by World Health Organization (WHO) in Australia
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Hisham: Efforts to combat polio in Sabah ongoing
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MoH), through the state health department (JKN) and the Sabah government, are in the midst of conducting three phases of polio control and prevention efforts. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the
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Health Ministry: Two new polio cases detected in Sabah
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today confirmed detecting two new polio cases in Sabah. In a statement today, its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a boy aged 11 years in Kinabatangan and another boy aged eight years old in
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Polio vaccine for all children aged five and under in Sabah
TUARAN: Children aged five and under in Sabah will be given oral polio vaccine in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus which was discovered in the state recently, said state Health and People’s Wellfare minister Datuk Frankie
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Polio case: Vaccinate yourself before going to Sabah-Health Ministry
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today advised people traveling to Sabah to ensure they have completed their immunisation against polio after a case of polio infection was confirmed in the state. In a Facebook post, the ministry also advised the public to
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Health Ministry: No new polio infection so far
PUCHONG: Health Ministry said no new case of polio infection was detected after a three months old baby boy in Tuaran, Sabah was confirmed infected with the disease recently. Its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said no new
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Sabah Health Dept takes steps to prevent polio outbreak
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Health Department has taken preventive steps to stop the polio disease from spreading in the state. Its Health and Wellbeing minister Datuk Poon Ming Fung said until Dec 5, 646 individual has been tested negative with
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WHO,Unicef: Sabah polio outbreak originated from the Philippines
KUALA LUMPUR: World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) confirmed that the polio disease detected in Tuaran, Sabah is the same virus that broke out and is spreading in the southern Philippines. In a joint statement,
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Dzulkefly: Polio virus probably brought in from outside Malaysia
PUTRAJAYA: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the polio virus which infected a three-month-old Malaysian boy from Tuaran, Sabah was suspected to have come from outside Sabah. He said there were two possibilities how the polio virus, which
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Health Ministry: Vaccinate your kids against polio!
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today advised parents to ensure that their children are vaccinated from polio after being born, as Malaysia just had its first polio case after 27 years recently. In a Facebook post, the ministry said parents must ensure
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