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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Malaysia : MOH - Current Situation of Influenza A (H1N1) as of 20 April 2010

The latest H1N1 update from the MOH in Malaysia. The numbers keep on rising and as I said before it's a worrisome trend. The report with my translation:

" Up until 8:00 am on 20 April 2010, the Ministry received a total of six (6) report of ILI cluster cases in the following six (6) states as listed in attachment 1 (I have listed them below since the attachment is in PDF format and it's in Malay language, if you want to read the report & the attachment use Google Translate):

  1. Body Fashion (M) Sdn Bhd, Kulim, Kedah - 860 exposed, 82 people in ILI cases, 2 sample H1N1 positive, 17 received antiviral treatment and the rest was given symptomatic treatment as outpatients.
  2. Little Caterpillar Childcare Centre Kindergarten, Bintulu, Sarawak, 67 exposed, 11 people in ILI cases, 2 sample H1N1 positive, 1 case admitted, 2 was given antiviral treatment.
  3. B-9-7, Desa Aman 1 Police Housing, Pantai Dalam, Kuala Lumpur, 11 exposed, 6 people in ILI cases, 1 sample H1N1 positive, 2 cases admitted, 6 was given antiviral treatment.
  4. Iskandar Shah Secondary school hostel, Parit, Perak, 5 exposed, 2 people in ILI cases, samples waiting for confirmation, 2 cases admitted and given antiviral treatment.
  5. Alam Megah Secondary school, Shah Alam, Selangor, 1299 exposed, 32 people in ILI cases, 2 sample H1N1 positive, 2 cases admitted and given antiviral treatment.
  6. Sri Serating Secondary school, Marang, Terengganu, 671 exposed, 7 people in ILI cases, samples waiting for confirmation, 7 was given antiviral treatment as outpatients.

Meanwhile, up until 5:30 pm on 19 April 2010, a total of 41 confirmed cases of Influenza A (H1N1) was reported for a cumulative number of cases to date 13,199. The total ILI cases which are currently being treated in the wards in the country are 570 cases.

Of these, 67 cases (11.8%) were confirmed positive influenza A (H1N1). The total number of cases that are being treated in the ICU is 13 in which ten (10) of the admissions has risk factors. No reports of death was received yesterday."

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