ALOR STAR: A yet-to-be-identified disease has left 39 people, including secondary school students and staff in Yan, ill.
Housing, Local Government and Health Committee chairman Mansor Zakaria said the victims were displaying symptoms of fever, cough and rash.
The victims include Form Four students and staff of a Kuala Muda school who attended a private training camp in Yan.
“A total of 763 students and staff from the school participated in the training,” he said.
Mansor said the students are being treated at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital.
“They are in stable condition,” he told the New Straits Times.
Mansor said he would be visiting the training camp later this afternoon, together with the Yan District Officer.
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