KUALA LUMPUR( Bernama): Tuberculosis( TB) mortality in Malaysia increased by five per cent and case detection decreased by 10 per cent last year compared to 2019, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The Health Minister said now, due to certain similarities in the behaviour of these two infectious diseases, there have been inevitable consequences." Whilst, measures to contain the pandemic diverted the resources and impacted the essential TB services in the country,
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2021-10-28 00:00:00.0