12th H1N1 case confirmed in Malaysia
Another A(H1N1) flu case has been confirmed in the country bringing the total number of cases to 12.
The latest case is of a 19-year-old medical student who had returned after a 17-day holiday in Melbourne.
Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said in a statement that the student had returned with three friends on flight MH148 and arrived at 9.21pm on Wednesday.
“The student was not ill upon arrival at the KL International Airport,” he said, adding that the patient started feeling ill only on Thursday and had received treatment at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre before being referred to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital isolation ward at 5.30pm the same day.
Tests on the student this morning were positive for the A(H1N1) virus.
News courtesy of The Star
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/13/nation/20090613141404&sec=nation
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