PORT DICKSON: The results of post-mortems on the skeletal remains of 12 Orang Asli in Kampung Kuala Koh, Kelantan, cannot confirm the causes of their deaths.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the post-mortems were conducted on June 17 and 18.
“We have also not received the results of the toxicology, heavy metal and entomology tests,” he told a media conference after the Port Dickson Parliamentary Level My Healthy Village programme, here, today.
He said only three of the deaths were confirmed, through laboratory tests, to be due to measles.
“Post-mortems by the forensic team also confirmed that the three deaths were due to measles and complications.”
Dr Zulkifl said 48 cases were still being treated — 46 in isolation wards and two in the intensive care unit as of July 5.
He said all those being treated were stable while 53 mild cases were housed at the National Service Training Programme Camp at the Ethnobotany Park, Gua Musang.
In Terengganu, he said, five cases were still being treated in the isolation ward of Hulu Terengganu Hospital.
He said there were no new cases in Pahang and the epidemic was under control.
Since the epidemic was reported on June 3 until July 5, 173 cases have been reported — the majority were in Kelantan (147), followed by Terengganu (18) and Pahang (eight).
Eighty-two cases were confirmed through laboratory tests to be suffering from measles. - Bernama