{"id":894861,"date":"2026-03-27T05:26:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/health-ministry-mask-up-in-crowds-as-tb-cases-rise\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T05:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:26:45","slug":"health-ministry-mask-up-in-crowds-as-tb-cases-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/health-ministry-mask-up-in-crowds-as-tb-cases-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry: Mask up in crowds as TB cases rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.newscdn.net\/desktop\/img\/mk-small-logo-50.png\" alt=\"mk-logo\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\"><\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Health Ministry: Mask up in crowds as TB cases rise <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Published: <\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Feb 16, 2026 5:05 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u22c5<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Updated: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>9:16 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/768298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/?text=https:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/768298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/768298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story_content_analytics\">\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Following a nationwide rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases, the Health Ministry has urged everyone to be vigilant and wear facemasks in crowded areas during the festive holidays.<\/p>\n<p>This warning comes after the ministry recorded 503 new TB cases nationwide in the fifth epidemiological week, bringing the total number of cases to 2,571 nationwide.   <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the ministry said that the top three states and regions with the most cases are&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<p><i>Please join the <a href=\"https:\/\/mk.my\/wa_mkini\">Malaysiakini WhatsApp Channel<\/a> to get the latest news and views that matter.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Unlocking Article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Unlocking Article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/768298\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Health Ministry: Mask up in crowds as TB cases rise Published: \u00a0 Feb 16, 2026 5:05 PM \u22c5 Updated: 9:16 AM Following a nationwide rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases, the Health Ministry has urged everyone to be vigilant and wear facemasks in crowded areas during the festive holidays. This warning comes after the ministry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":894862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267,29019],"tags":[7419,10985],"class_list":{"0":"post-894861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"category-ministry","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-ministry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}