ACHTUNG: M'sia hit with first A(H1N1) flu case

Deadly swine flu strikes Klang Valley

• breaking news The Health Ministry has confirmed Malaysia's first case of A(H1N1) infection - previsouly known as swine flu - in a student who had just returned from the United States.MORE

• 	Warded at Sungai Buloh hospital
  	Health DG: Situation under control

The Health Ministry has confirmed Malaysia's first case of A(H1N1) infection after a tests were conducted on a student currently warded at the Sungai Buloh hospital.

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In a statement today, Health Department director-general Dr Ismail Merican said that the 21-year-old youth was warded on May 14 after suffering fever, sore throat and body aches, after returning from the United States a day before.

However, Ismail said that the public has no reason to panic as his department was collaborating with all relevant agencies to ensure that monitoring works were intensified and other proactive measures were taken to protect public health.
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