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Thursday, December 31, 2009

H1N1 in Malaysia

As my first post on ANY topic, I have chosen H1N1 as one of my topic of discussion. H1N1 in Malaysia have been quiet recently but I hope we Malaysians dont get fooled by the disguise that H1N1 brings. We should be prepared for the 2nd wave. So please dont be ignorant.

Anyway below is the current situation as of December 30th 2009:

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=465226

Excerpt :

" Dr Mohd Ismail said school children should use tissue paper or handkerchief when coughing or sneezing and discard the tissue paper in a trash bin and not share the handkerchief.He also advised students of tertiary institutions to adopt similar precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the disease at these places.

Dr Mohd Ismail said that in the week ending Dec 26, a total of 348 fresh ILI patients were detected and admitted to hospital.Two cases of H1N1, both children under five years of age, were under treatment in intensive care, he said."

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