ALOR SETAR (Bernama): The Kedah Health Department has identified another area infected with the chikungunya virus with the detection of four cases in Simpang Kuala, here.
State health director Datuk Dr Norhizan Ismail said the four latest cases involved traders and residents, bringing the total number of those tested positive for the disease in Kedah to 19, including 15 people living in a row of shophouses near City Plaza here who were tested positive prior to this.
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