H1N1: 16,061 CONFIRMED CASES, 96 DEATHS LAST YEAR IN MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 (Bernama) -- A total of 16,061 confirmed Influenza
A(H1N1) cases, including seven deaths, were reported last year, Health Minister
Liow Tiong Lai said.

"The epidemic can now be controlled, especially because we have the vaccine
and we have given the vaccination to all the front liners, including those in
the high-risk group.

"However, the public, especially those in the high-risk group, should be
cautious and to get the vaccination at the government or private hospitals and
clinics, for those who have not done so" he added.

Liow told this to reporters after opening the De Homebiz Gallery at the
Great Eastern Mall shopping centre here Sunday.

This year, he said, 37 H1N1 positive cases had been reported nationwide
during the first week.

They included 11 cases in the Intensive Care Unit and nine of them were with
risk factors, he added.

-- BERNAMA