Saturday July 11, 2009
International school and kindergarten suspend classes
PETALING JAYA: One international school and a kindergarten have voluntarily closed to stop the spread of the influenza A (H1N1) virus.
The Alice Smith International School in Seri Kembangan was closed from yesterday after two of its students contracted the virus following a school trip to New York, said Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican.
“Another local transmission was reported at Tadika Gospel Chapel Kerokop in Miri, Sarawak, where a student has been infected with the virus,” he said in a statement yesterday.
He said the three cases were among the 53 new influenza A (H1N1) cases reported in Malaysia, of which 41 were imported and 12 were 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 H1N1 cases, 495 or 78.9% patients had recovered and had been discharged from hospitals. Currently, there are 132 patients receiving treatment at hospitals.”
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