Updated 6.17pm, 18 May 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 18 May 2009: Three passengers on the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH091 from Newark, New Jersey to KLIA via Sweden on 13 May, who were having fever had been tested negative for the H1N1 virus. The three passengers were a woman, who was quarantined at the Sultanah Aminah […]
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M’sia to be free of local H1N1 transmission on 20 May
PUTRAJAYA, 18 May 2009: Malaysia can be declared free of local transmission of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in two days if there are no local cases detected during the period, Deputy Health Director-General Datuk Dr Ramlee Rahmat said. He said the calculation was based on the virus’ incubation period, which is seven days from […]
Police trainee died of meningitis in Seremban
PUTRAJAYA, 15 May 2009: The Health Ministry today confirmed that a trainee of the Police Training Centre in Jempol, Negeri Sembilan, had died of meningitis at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital in Seremban yesterday. Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the post mortem on the trainee showed that he had Acute Pericarditis […]
M’sia confirms first influenza A(H1N1) case (Updated)
Updated 7.11pm, 15 May 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 15 May 2009: Malaysia has reported its first influenza A(H1N1) case involving a student who returned from the United States two days ago. Liow This was confirmed by Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai today. “The student is now quarantined at the Sungai Buloh Hospital,” he told […]
M’sia pushing WHO to adopt exit screening
PUTRAJAYA, 15 May 2009: Malaysia is pushing for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to adopt a requirement for affected countries to implement exit screening to stop the spread of the new Influenza A disease, following concerns that a second wave of the H1N1 disease can be more deadly. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai […]
Five more die of dengue fever
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 May 2009: Five deaths due to dengue fever were recorded in the week ending 9 May, raising to 48 the number of people who have died of the disease so far this year. Director General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said there was also a rise in the number […]
No influenza A(H1N1) case so far
PUTRAJAYA, 14 May 2009: All suspected Influenza A (H1N1) cases tested in the country so far have proven to be negative, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said it included the case in Ipoh, Perak involving a man who had visited Thailand last week and that of a Sarawak woman who was […]
Govt under pressure to keep out influenza A(H1N1)
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 May 2009: Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai admitted that the government was under immense pressure to keep out the influenza A(H1N1) disease from Malaysia following the first confirmed case in Thailand today. Liow also cautioned about a possible second wave of outbreak after the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed 4,379 […]
38 suspected meningitis cases still warded
PUTRAJAYA, 12 May 2009: Thirty-eight people are still under treatment for suspected meningitis at the Malacca Hospital following an outbreak of the disease among trainees of the Road Transport Department (JPJ) Academy in Malacca on 9 May. Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said in a statement today that two of the […]
Spotlight on Soi Lek
Translation by Gan Pei LingFOR the week of 4 to 10 May 2009, the Chinese press highlighted the possibility of Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek switching camps, the chaotic Perak assembly sitting, and the meningitis outbreak in Malacca. Chua The Nut Graph’s report on 30 April that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has been trying to court MCA deputy president […]
