Malaysia H1N1/Influenza A Case Watch - Updated

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Death toll rises to 16

[cklam]

My wife and I had booked for an Air Asia trip to Phuket... now is really thinking hard whether to go or not to go...

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my fren went 2 weeks back...hmmmm...wear a mask on the plane...but otherwise ..it'll be like malaysia whe on ground.

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H1N1: Eight More Deaths Today, Death Toll Is 26

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 9 (Bernama) -- Eight more deaths relating to Influenza A (H1N1) were confirmed today, bringing the death toll to 26 in the country.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said seven deaths were from the high-risk group and that some were post-reported due to post-mortem to study and confirm the cause of deaths.

He said that a death occurred on Aug 3, followed by two more (Aug 5), four (Aug 6) and another (Aug 8)," he told reporters at a ceremony to re-name Hospital Likas to Hospital Wanita dan Kanak-kanak Sabah here, Sunday.

Liow disclosed that two of the cases were from Sabah.

He said the first involved an obese 24-year-old woman who was warded at the Ranau Hospital on Aug 1, with fever and cough for four days.

She was later referred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) here on Aug 5 and died on the same day.

The other case involved a 74-year-old man with chronic heart disease, who was admitted to QEH on Aug 3, with a history of month-long difficult breathing and fever for just one day.

He died on Aug 6.

Other cases include a 20-year-old female student treated as outpatient for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) on Aug 1 and found dead in a hostel room (wonder which uni?? seems they are not revealing,said to be in peninsular), five days later; a 48-year-old man with asthmatic and hypertensive history from Sarawak, and a 37-year-old obese man from Johor.

Liow said at present, there were 62 cases in total, receiving treatment in hospitals and another 13 at intensive care units (ICU), while an additional five suspected H1N1 cases were also at ICU waiting for results.

"So far in Sabah, confirmed cases of H1N1 are 402 cases, two deaths, seven currently in hospitals where one is in ICU, and seven more ILI cases, pending confirmation," he said, adding that there were children involved but he did not have details.

Liow said 35 schools had been closed in Sabah due to the H1N1 outbreak.

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsin...?id=431347

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27 death...pregnant lady from johor ..passed away together with the baby.

from ntv7 news.. newspaper from the internet is in sad condition...late to update and even BERNAMA's H1N1 page is not up.

[kimmy]

6 more deaths, total 32

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia reported six more deaths related
to Influenza A (H1N1), taking the total number of
fatalities to 32.

Health Ministry Director General Tan Sri Ismail Merican
said that, except for one case, all the other five dead
were found to have the virus post-mortem.

He said four of them had underlying risk factors.

He said the six dead were among the 203 new cases
reported Monday. This takes the country’s total reported
cases to 1,983.

Globally, 208,155 people have been found to be infected
by the virus and 1,688 people from 174 countries have died.

Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...sec=nation

[nobody]

Influenza A(H1N1) hits record high with 569 cases

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded its highest number of influenza A(H1N1) cases in a day with 569 infections.
There was also one death, bringing the total number of fatalities to 68.

Source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?fil...sec=nation

[TehFly]

M'sia is now at no 8 slot in the top 10 death toll due to A(H1N1)

[nobody]

(08-20-2009 06:16 PM)TehFly Wrote:  M'sia is now at no 8 slot in the top 10 death toll due to A(H1N1)

Can u post the source for this? I wanna know the statistics compared to other countries. Thx.

[studylady]

any new update?