PETALING JAYA: One international school and one kindergarten have voluntarily closed to stop the spread of the influenza A (H1N1) virus.
Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said the the Alice Smith International School in Seri Kembangan, was closed from Friday after two of its students contracted the virus following a school trip to New York.
“Another local transmitted case was reported at Tadika Gospel Chapel Kerokop in Miri, Sarawak, where a student has been infected with the virus,” he said in a statement here Friday.
He said the three cases were among the 53 new influenza A (H1N1) were reported in Malaysia, of which 41 were imported and 12 locally transmitted.
He said the new cases involved 46 Malaysians and seven foreigners - five Indonesians and one each from China and Britain.
“Of all 627 influenza A cases, 495 or 78.9% patients had recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
“Currently, there are 132 patients receiving treatment at hospitals,” he said.
Source: theStar
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