Star: PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia reported its third case of the Influenza A (H1N1) flu, a 23-year-old male student who returned from the United States on June 1 on Malaysian Airlines flight MH091 and tested positive for the infection.
The health authorities are tracing the 276 passenger and crew on board.
The man returned to the country for a holiday but did not have any fever when he arrived at KL International Airport.
However, he began to have fever and cough on June 3 and was sent to Tuanku Jaafar hospital in Seremban on the same day for treatment and observation,” said health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican.
“The student was confirmed to have been infected with Influenza A (H1N1) at 4am Thursday through laboratory tests conducted by the Institute of Medical Research (IMR).
“The patient is in stable condition and has been given anti-viral treatment,” he said Thursday.
Health authorities had earlier announced Malaysia’s first two cases of Influenza A (H1N1) on May 15 and 16. Both were students who also returned home from the United States.
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