Star: PENANG: A three-year-old girl from Permatang Bogak, Kepala Batas, has been discharged from Penang Hospital after she was tested negative for bird flu.
Health Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Lee Kah Choon said the girl was discharged yesterday.
The girl was admitted after she developed flu-like symptoms.
She had been under observation after bird flu was detected in Permatang Bogak on March 20.
Lee said the National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan that was implemented after the outbreak of bird flu in the country had been proven effective and the situation was now under control.
“There are no new cases reported in Penang but we are still monitoring the situation nationwide,” he said after attending the press conference on SMJK Convent Datuk Keramat school extension project.
Lee said the veterinary department would be carrying out the culling of birds exercise should there be a bird flu outbreak while the health department would conduct door-to-door checks to detect people with flu-like symptoms.
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