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Child, not pig, infected by JE, Sabah minister clarifies

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Junz Wong says the case was detected at a village in Tambunan and Veterinary Services Department personnel have been told to check on all pig farms in the district. FMTNews JE

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Junz Wong has clarified that a human has been infected by the Japanese encephalitis virus in the interior Tambunan district.

He said he had instructed officers from the Veterinary Services Department to check on all pig farms in the district.“We have not detected any infection among the pigs. There is no danger now but we are not going to wait, so we have taken precautionary measures,” he told FMT.An internal letter issued by the state DVS informing of a JE case in Tambunan went viral on social media yesterday.

Meanwhile, Sabah Health and Well-being Minister Frankie Poon said he was still waiting for details from the state health director. The virus can be passed on to humans by infected animals or livestock through an infected Culex mosquito.

 

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