KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Nov 2009: The influenza A(H1N1) is still active in the community even though monitoring activities have found no abnormality, Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said today. He said even the surveillance conducted at 619 clinics nationwide did not record any increase in influenza-like-illness (ILI) cases. The death toll […]
Dr Mohd Ismail Merican
Hand sanitisers at LRT stations to check A(H1N1)
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Sept 2009: RapidKL has made hand sanitisers available to commuters, a move aimed at checking the spread of influenza A(H1N1). Its communications general manager Ebi Azly Abdullah said the hand sanitisers had been placed at 48 Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations. “About 350,000 commuters using the Kelana Jaya and Ampang rail lines […]
Malaysia free from swine flu
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 April 2009: Malaysians need not worry about the deadly swine influenza as the country was free of the epidemic, said Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican. He said there were no cases based on observation for signs or ‘influenza-like illness’. Mohd Ismail said to ensure that the situation remained […]