KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has yet to receive any further information concerning cases of streptococcal poisonous shock syndrome (STSS), at the moment affecting Japan.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad stated that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has yet to present updates on the an infection.
As a consequence, the MOH doesn’t contemplate STSS a public well being problem at the moment, given the dearth of updates from the WHO.
“Hence, I’m of the view that it’s not a problem or a public well being hazard in the present context,” Dzulkefly advised reporters after officiating the Selangor-level Kita MADANI Carnival, at Dewan Dato’ Penggawa Matang, right now.
Previously, Dzulkefly reportedly stated that Malaysia would receive information and enter associated to the STSS cases in Japan, from the WHO.
He emphasised that every one enter obtained is to be certain that the MOH implements preventative management measures in Malaysia.
According to the Xinhua News Agency, citing the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan has recorded over 1,000 cases of STSS in 2024. STSS, also referred to as extreme invasive streptococcal an infection, is a sudden-onset illness, attributable to Group A Streptococcus.
Early signs usually embrace sore throat, fever, lack of urge for food, diarrhoea, vomiting, and different gastrointestinal points, in addition to septic signs like low blood stress.
In the meantime, Dzulkefly stated that the ministry is working to increase consciousness concerning the significance of practising wholesome consuming, to stop non-communicable illnesses (NCDs).
He stated that the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2023 confirmed a excessive prevalence of illnesses, with the burden development of Malaysians at an alarming degree, at a prevalence of 54.4 per cent.
“This will increase the danger of different non-communicable illnesses equivalent to diabetes and hypertension,” he added.
