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Mon, 05/18/2009 - 13:26
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MINISTRY TO TRACE PASSENGERS OF AIR ASIA FLIGHT AK5358 TO PENANG ON MAY 13
PUTRAJAYA, May 18 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry hope to contact all
passengers on Air Asia flight AK 5358 that left the LCCT Terminal to Penang at
11am on May 13, for quarantine purposes after one of the passengers was
identified as a confirmed Influenza A (H1N1) victim.
Deputy director-general of Health, Dr Ramlee Rahmat said the ministry had
passed on information about the 101 passengers and five crew members on the
flight, to the state health department, for quarantine purposes.
"We would like to inform the passengers or flight crew on that flight to
cooperate with the health authorities by contacting 03-8881 0200 or 03-8881 0300
for information and preventive measures," he told reporters here Sunday.
Dr Ramlee said according to procedures, they must be quarantined at their
houses for seven days and can only leave the house if they are cleared of any
signs or symptoms.
He added that the ministry was also trying to track down 24 passengers,
including a Malaysian, who had been on a Malaysia Airlines flight MH091 that
arrived at KLIA from Newark, New Jersey (USA) at 7.15am on May 13, the same
flight that the two confirmed influenza A victims had flown.
Dr Ramlee said from the 119 passengers who are in the country, three of them
were admitted for observation, and two of them were confirmed positive for
Influenza A (H1N1) while the others, except for the 24 yet to be identified, had
been quarantined at their houses.
As for the two confirmed cases, Dr Ramlee said both were in stable condition
and showed positive improvement.
The first victim being treated at the Sungai Buloh Hospital has fever but no
cough or flu while the second one at the Penang Hospital does not have fever or
any other symptoms.
Dr Ramlee said as of 8am Sunday, the national Crisis Prevention and response
Centre (CPRC) received 102 cases that had been referred to hospitals for
observation and out of the total, two were positive for Influenza A (H1N1).
He said as of Sunday, 103,536 passengers on flights, were screened at
various entry points in the country.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) had announced that 38 countries have
been identified with the Influenza A (H1N1) virus outbreak with Turkey, India
and Peru being the latest addition, he said.
-- BERNAMA
passengers on Air Asia flight AK 5358 that left the LCCT Terminal to Penang at
11am on May 13, for quarantine purposes after one of the passengers was
identified as a confirmed Influenza A (H1N1) victim.
Deputy director-general of Health, Dr Ramlee Rahmat said the ministry had
passed on information about the 101 passengers and five crew members on the
flight, to the state health department, for quarantine purposes.
"We would like to inform the passengers or flight crew on that flight to
cooperate with the health authorities by contacting 03-8881 0200 or 03-8881 0300
for information and preventive measures," he told reporters here Sunday.
Dr Ramlee said according to procedures, they must be quarantined at their
houses for seven days and can only leave the house if they are cleared of any
signs or symptoms.
He added that the ministry was also trying to track down 24 passengers,
including a Malaysian, who had been on a Malaysia Airlines flight MH091 that
arrived at KLIA from Newark, New Jersey (USA) at 7.15am on May 13, the same
flight that the two confirmed influenza A victims had flown.
Dr Ramlee said from the 119 passengers who are in the country, three of them
were admitted for observation, and two of them were confirmed positive for
Influenza A (H1N1) while the others, except for the 24 yet to be identified, had
been quarantined at their houses.
As for the two confirmed cases, Dr Ramlee said both were in stable condition
and showed positive improvement.
The first victim being treated at the Sungai Buloh Hospital has fever but no
cough or flu while the second one at the Penang Hospital does not have fever or
any other symptoms.
Dr Ramlee said as of 8am Sunday, the national Crisis Prevention and response
Centre (CPRC) received 102 cases that had been referred to hospitals for
observation and out of the total, two were positive for Influenza A (H1N1).
He said as of Sunday, 103,536 passengers on flights, were screened at
various entry points in the country.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) had announced that 38 countries have
been identified with the Influenza A (H1N1) virus outbreak with Turkey, India
and Peru being the latest addition, he said.
-- BERNAMA
