M'sia hit with first A(H1N1) flu caseMay 15, 09 1:53pmThe Health Ministry has confirmed Malaysia's first case of A(H1N1) infection after tests were conducted on a student currently warded at the Sungai Buloh hospital.MCPXIn a statement today, Health Department director-general Dr Ismail Merican said that the 21-year-old youth was warded on May 14 after suffering fever, sore throat and body aches, after returning home from the United States a day before.
However, Ismail said that the public has no reason to panic as his department was collaborating with all relevant agencies to ensure that monitoring works were intensified and other proactive measures were taken to protect public health.As of 8am today, at least 34 countries have reported more than 7,457 cases of swine flu worldwide, with 70 deaths.According to World Health Organisation, the pandemic alert level is at phase 5 - out of a possible 6 - which means a global outbreak is 'imminent'. Source from ck5354
Oh my gosh, my country hit by swine flu already~~~
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