Published: Sunday May 12, 2013 MYT 1:44:00 PM
Updated: Sunday May 12, 2013 MYT 2:17:26 PM
Keep calm, no avian flu detected here yet, says Health Ministry
By JOSEPH SIPALAN
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has urged Malaysians not to panic over the recent outbreak of avian flu (Influenza A H7N9) in China as there are no cases recorded here yet.
Its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the situation in China has begun to simmer down with few new cases being reported.
"What's important is that WHO (World Health Organisation) has not put out a travel alarm to China," he said, adding it was unnecessary to advise against going to China and to stop imports of chicken.
"The alarm has not been raised at a world level, and more so in Malaysia.
"We have no documentation of H7N9 in Malaysia," he said at a press conference after the launch of World Nurses' Day 2013 here.
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