Via News Straits Times, a right move to curb H1N1 at the entry points to Malaysia.
" Additional measures against influenza A (H1N1) have already been adopted by frontline government agencies manning the state's entry points.
State Women and Family Development, Welfare and Health Committee chairman Dr Robia Kosai said personnel from the Customs and Immigration Departments had been supplied with medication and vaccinated against H1N1.
"This is a necessary measure as personnel manning the checkpoints are considered frontliners and more susceptible to the disease," she said after officiating at a senior citizen's association event here yesterday.
However, Dr Robia stressed that all the cases reported in the state were "local infections" and did not originate from foreigners.
Forty-three cases of influenza-like-illness (ILI) and H1N1 have been reported in the state since Tuesday.However, there were no deaths due to the disease.
Batu Pahat recorded the highest with 13 cases, while four other clusters recorded positive cases with three each from the Simpang Renggam prison and SRJK (C) Yong Peng 1 in Batu Pahat; eight cases each from SMK Labis and SMK Tinggi Segamat and two cases in Taman Desa Kluang.
Dr Robia said the cases from SMK Labis and SMK Tinggi Segamat involved students being infected after they attended a camp in Malacca."
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