Empat kematian hari menjadikan 12 orang setakat ini.........
Tiga kematian membabitkan kanak-kanak berumur 3 tahun, 12 tahun dan remaja berumu 20 tahun, kesemuanya mati di Hospital Melaka pada 3 Ogos 2009.
Kematian yang keempat adalah kanak-kanak berusia 6 tahun di Hospital Batu Pahat pada rabu jam 2.30 pagi. Kematian yang kedua dicatatkan di Johor.
Rasanya keadaan semakin teruk ini boleh menyebabkan lebih ramai yang akan mati jika tiada tindakan pantas daripada kementerian kesihatan.
A(H1N1): Four more deaths, total at 12 (Update)
PETALING JAYA: The Influenza A(H1N1) virus claimed four more lives, bringing the total number of fatalities in Malaysia to 12.
Three patients were a three-year-old, a 12-year-old and a 20-year old who all died at the Malacca Hospital on Aug 3, Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Ismail Merican said on Wednesday.
The fourth was a six-year-old boy who died at 2.30am Wednesday at the Batu Pahat Hospital, the second such death in Johor.
Overall, there were 16 new cases of A(H1N1) infection recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing the accumulated total in Malaysia to 1,476 since the outbreak.
In MIRI, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai warned those with even a mild case of flu to immediately isolate themselves from their family and the general public to curb the flu.
He added that the worsening haze in the country was going to make the A(H1N1) situation worse.
On Tuesday, the air quality in five areas reached unhealthy levels as the number of hotspots in Sumatra and Kalimantan increased drastically.
Tiga kematian membabitkan kanak-kanak berumur 3 tahun, 12 tahun dan remaja berumu 20 tahun, kesemuanya mati di Hospital Melaka pada 3 Ogos 2009.
Kematian yang keempat adalah kanak-kanak berusia 6 tahun di Hospital Batu Pahat pada rabu jam 2.30 pagi. Kematian yang kedua dicatatkan di Johor.
Rasanya keadaan semakin teruk ini boleh menyebabkan lebih ramai yang akan mati jika tiada tindakan pantas daripada kementerian kesihatan.
A(H1N1): Four more deaths, total at 12 (Update)
PETALING JAYA: The Influenza A(H1N1) virus claimed four more lives, bringing the total number of fatalities in Malaysia to 12.
Three patients were a three-year-old, a 12-year-old and a 20-year old who all died at the Malacca Hospital on Aug 3, Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Ismail Merican said on Wednesday.
The fourth was a six-year-old boy who died at 2.30am Wednesday at the Batu Pahat Hospital, the second such death in Johor.
Overall, there were 16 new cases of A(H1N1) infection recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing the accumulated total in Malaysia to 1,476 since the outbreak.
In MIRI, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai warned those with even a mild case of flu to immediately isolate themselves from their family and the general public to curb the flu.
He added that the worsening haze in the country was going to make the A(H1N1) situation worse.
On Tuesday, the air quality in five areas reached unhealthy levels as the number of hotspots in Sumatra and Kalimantan increased drastically.
--thestar.com.my
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