MUAR: Another 10 foreign
factory workers have been warded for suspected typhoid in Bakri here. This
brings the total number of confirmed and suspected cases admitted to 30.
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Twelve of them, who were admitted to the Muar Sultanah Fatimah
Specialist Hospital here, tested positive for the disease. Health authorities
had traced the source of the fever-inducing bacteria to a well.
The well is said to be the primary source of water for the two furniture factories where the workers were employed.
Muar district health officer Dr Mohamad Zulkipli Othman said all 700 workers of the two factories had been screened for the disease since the first batch of workers was admitted on Aug 1.
The factories’ canteens and a stall outside its compound had been closed while the factories had been told to use piped water supplied by Syarikat Air Johor.
The well is said to be the primary source of water for the two furniture factories where the workers were employed.
Muar district health officer Dr Mohamad Zulkipli Othman said all 700 workers of the two factories had been screened for the disease since the first batch of workers was admitted on Aug 1.
The factories’ canteens and a stall outside its compound had been closed while the factories had been told to use piped water supplied by Syarikat Air Johor.
Dr Mohamad Zulkipli said banners had been put up to warn
villagers to drink only boiled water and consume cooked food.
They have also been told to wash their hands before meals and after going to toilet and to seek treatment for fever or stomach pains. He assured residents that there was no cause for alarm as the situation was under control.
The disease was first detected in a 23-year-old worker from India a few days after he started working at one of the factories in June. He was admitted to the hospital for fever and later tested positive for typhoid.
They have also been told to wash their hands before meals and after going to toilet and to seek treatment for fever or stomach pains. He assured residents that there was no cause for alarm as the situation was under control.
The disease was first detected in a 23-year-old worker from India a few days after he started working at one of the factories in June. He was admitted to the hospital for fever and later tested positive for typhoid.
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Source:
2007/08/08
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