Malaysian official: A/H1N1 flu still active
Malaysian official: A/H1N1 flu still active
21:33, November 05, 2009 
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The A/H1N1 flu is still active despite the absence of abnormality in Malaysia, a Malaysian official said on Thursday.
In fact, the Northern Hemisphere like North America, Canada, Western Europe and East Asia had shown increasing trend of the flu cases, Malaysian Health Director-General Ismail Merican said in a statement.
He said that although the surveillance conducted at 619 clinics nationwide did not record any flu-like illness cases, the people should not be ignorant of the pandemic.
As at Oct. 30, there were 446 flu-like illness patients in Malaysia receiving treatment at 49 hospitals nationwide with only 11 were tested positive for A/H1N1, said Ismail.
The death toll due to the A/H1N1 flu remains at 77 in Malaysia.
Source: Xinhua
In fact, the Northern Hemisphere like North America, Canada, Western Europe and East Asia had shown increasing trend of the flu cases, Malaysian Health Director-General Ismail Merican said in a statement.
He said that although the surveillance conducted at 619 clinics nationwide did not record any flu-like illness cases, the people should not be ignorant of the pandemic.
As at Oct. 30, there were 446 flu-like illness patients in Malaysia receiving treatment at 49 hospitals nationwide with only 11 were tested positive for A/H1N1, said Ismail.
The death toll due to the A/H1N1 flu remains at 77 in Malaysia.
Source: Xinhua
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