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H1N1 DEATHS JUMP TO 12 IN MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (Bernama) -- The number of death from Influenza A (H1N1)
jumped to 12 Wednesday (Aug 5)after four more people, including three children,
were reported to have died.
Director-General of Health Dr Ismail Merican said three deaths were
reported in Melaka in the last 48 hours while the other was reported in Johor.
He said the first case involved a 3 year-old girl with a history of chronic
respiratory tract infection. The girl died of severe pneumonia.
"The second victim was a 12 year-old boy with chronic kidney failure. The
boy who was undergoing dialysis treatment also died from severe pneumonia," Dr
Ismail said in a press statement Wednesday.
A 20 year-old man with chronic asthma was the third victim. He too died of
severe pneumonia.
The fourth casualty was a 6 year-old boy who died of severe pneumonia in a
Batu Pahat hospital.
Dr Ismail said 1,476 H1N1 cases were reported as of 8am Wednesday. Of the
number, 574 were imported while 902 were local transmissions.
Some 1,413 patients had recovered, 10 were under treatment at the Internal
Care Units (ICU) and 28 were receiving antiviral treatment at isolation wards.
Globally, some 193,686 H1N1 cases with 1,361 deaths had been reported in
171 countries.
In JOHOR BAHARU, Johor Exco for Women, Family, Community and Health, Dr
Robia Kosai said the 6 year-old boy who died had fever for several days.
He received treatment at a private hospital but was later admitted to Batu
Pahat Hospital after his condition deteriorated.
In Labuan, eight new cases of local transmission had been reported. Three
more schools were ordered closed since Tuesday (Aug 4).
Labuan director of Health Dr Zaini Hussin said two cases each were detected
at three primary schools namely Sekolah Kebangsaan Pekan, Sekolah Kebangsaan
Pantai and Sekolah Menengah Sains.
Some students staying at the Science Secondary School Hostel had been
quarantined and ordered to stay within the school compound.
A total of 409 students were staying at the hostel.
School principal Ali Deros told Bernama, visitors including parents and
relatives were also barred from entering the school compound.
-- BERNAMA
jumped to 12 Wednesday (Aug 5)after four more people, including three children,
were reported to have died.
Director-General of Health Dr Ismail Merican said three deaths were
reported in Melaka in the last 48 hours while the other was reported in Johor.
He said the first case involved a 3 year-old girl with a history of chronic
respiratory tract infection. The girl died of severe pneumonia.
"The second victim was a 12 year-old boy with chronic kidney failure. The
boy who was undergoing dialysis treatment also died from severe pneumonia," Dr
Ismail said in a press statement Wednesday.
A 20 year-old man with chronic asthma was the third victim. He too died of
severe pneumonia.
The fourth casualty was a 6 year-old boy who died of severe pneumonia in a
Batu Pahat hospital.
Dr Ismail said 1,476 H1N1 cases were reported as of 8am Wednesday. Of the
number, 574 were imported while 902 were local transmissions.
Some 1,413 patients had recovered, 10 were under treatment at the Internal
Care Units (ICU) and 28 were receiving antiviral treatment at isolation wards.
Globally, some 193,686 H1N1 cases with 1,361 deaths had been reported in
171 countries.
In JOHOR BAHARU, Johor Exco for Women, Family, Community and Health, Dr
Robia Kosai said the 6 year-old boy who died had fever for several days.
He received treatment at a private hospital but was later admitted to Batu
Pahat Hospital after his condition deteriorated.
In Labuan, eight new cases of local transmission had been reported. Three
more schools were ordered closed since Tuesday (Aug 4).
Labuan director of Health Dr Zaini Hussin said two cases each were detected
at three primary schools namely Sekolah Kebangsaan Pekan, Sekolah Kebangsaan
Pantai and Sekolah Menengah Sains.
Some students staying at the Science Secondary School Hostel had been
quarantined and ordered to stay within the school compound.
A total of 409 students were staying at the hostel.
School principal Ali Deros told Bernama, visitors including parents and
relatives were also barred from entering the school compound.
-- BERNAMA
