Friday, May 15, 2009

Malaysia confirms first H1N1 flu case

Jot Down by Mummy Dasy at 4:44 PM
Posted: 15 May 2009 1432 hrs

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia confirmed on Friday its first case of H1N1 flu, the country's top health official said.

"I can confirm (that it) is the first case in Malaysia," Health Director General Ismail Merican told AFP. His confirmation followed a statement from the health ministry giving details of the country's first case.

"The patient is a 21-year-old male student who had just returned from the United States on May 13, 2009 and who was down with fever, sore throat and body aches on May 14," it said.

"This is the first A (H1N1) flu case found in Malaysia," the statement added.

It said the patient went into the Sungai Buloh quarantine facility in central Selangor state on the same evening and is now in a stable condition.

It urged all passengers who travelled on the Malaysian Airlines flight MH091 from Newark in the United States to Kuala Lumpur that landed at 7.15am on May 13 to contact the ministry for further instructions.

The ministry said it had so far received 11 flu-like cases for investigation with all the patients warded and isolated for monitoring.

"All these cases showed symptoms of flu and had a history of visiting countries infected with the outbreak (but) all their clinical samples had been sent to institute for medical research for lab tests and tested negative," it said.

On Tuesday, the government urged its citizens to defer travel to the US, Mexico, Canada, Spain and Britain following reported cases of H1N1 flu in those countries.

Health authorities have installed 20 thermal scanners at the country's entry points to help detect cases, with 9,324 passengers screened so far.

The latest World Health Organisation figures show the number of laboratory-confirmed H1N1 flu cases worldwide is 6,497 in 33 countries.

A total of 65 people have died from the disease, most of them in Mexico, WHO figures show.


- AFP/so

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16 yang membebel:

tentang diriku said...

oh tidak!!!btol ke ape yg den bace tu????

Gieyana said...

A'aa ler..bg org takut jer kn!

Unknown said...

Wah..kna jga2 ni Mummy..sma2 laa kita mjaga kesihatan yea..

shahliza94 said...

wah! dah sampai msia ker? adeh....
bimbangnyer...

Opie said...

betul la rasenye..sbb kat astro awani dah ade kuar berita...waaaaaaaaa...takutnye

Unknown said...

wah,bahaya yer...takut wooo

Mummy Dasy said...

siapa aku -> btui

Mummy Dasy said...

Gieyana -> Betul tu wat takut jek

Mummy Dasy said...

Mama Qaseh -> sama2 ah kite

Mummy Dasy said...

shahliza94 -> mmg membimbangkan

Mummy Dasy said...

Opie -> A'ah menakutkan

Mummy Dasy said...

ILA -> betul mmg menakutkan kena kurgkan aktiviti luar nmpk gayanye ni

mummysya said...

mmg betul berita tu...

skg nie macam-macam kan penyakit....

Eja Kamel said...

omg.really? td pg br dgr kt berita kata xde sape pon yg bjangkit.skli ade plak..aduh...jom kite same2 jg kesihatan...harap2 jgn la terkena.

mummy_ayu said...

uuuiiihh..minta dijauhkan selsema oing oing nie..sekarang dah dua kan..kan sg. buloh n kat penang...

CuTeMiUt78 said...

eemmm.. sama la kita pun ada received email pasal ni.. pastu.. berita semalam pun ada keluar.. ish.. takut gak kan

 

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