A view of the floods in Kampung Jawa, Lenga, Muar on January 7, 2022. -NSTP/NUR AISYAH MAZALAN
A view of the floods in Kampung Jawa, Lenga, Muar on January 7, 2022. -NSTP/NUR AISYAH MAZALAN

KUALA LUMPUR: Health Ministry only traced one communicable disease case related to the floods today.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the case was related to skin disease.

"Cumulatively, there have been 2,460 communicable diseases linked to floods reported so far," he said in a statement today.

Currently, nine flood relief centres are still operating in Johor and Melaka involving 293 flood victims.

A total of 470 Covid-19 cases were detected among flood victims with 15 of them at relief centres.

However, no new cases were reported today, said Dr Noor Hisham.