A(H1N1): Employers asked to allow 7 days unrecorded leave

Star: PUTRAJAYA: Employers have been urged to allow a seven-day unrecorded leave for their staff who are placed under quarantine for the Influenza A(H1N1) upon their return from the United States, the Philippines, Australia or Mexico, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
He said he will propose to the Cabinet next week to make it mandatory.
He added that leave for over 100,000 ministry staff had been frozen until further notice to ensure flu control activities are carried out effectively.
Liow announced 11 new cases, with three locally transmitted while eight others are imported.
Of the three locally transmitted cases two are Malaysians and one Yemeni while the imported cases are foreigners from Ireland, Australia and the Philippines.
Liow also said that the ministry would propose to the Education Ministry that schools, especially those in the Klang Valley that do not have air-conditioning in classrooms to open the windows and doors for good ventilation in a bid to curb the spread of the virus.