A(H1N1) :School in KL closed

KUALA LUMPUR: SJK (C) Jalan Davidson at Jalan Hang Jebat here has
been closed for a week after two local transmissions of the influenza
A(H1N1) virus were detected in the school. Two other schools
with infected students – SRK Assunta 2 in Petaling Jaya and SM Section
9 Shah Alam – will also be closed if authorities discover local
transmission of the virus there. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow
Tiong Lai said eight cases of the virus were confirmed yesterday,
including five schoolchildren – an 11-year-old from SRK Assunta 2, a
16-year-old from SM Shah Alam, and three at Class 5 I of SJK(C) Jalan
Davidson. He said all 2,100 students and staff members of SJK(C)
Jalan Davidson had been home quarantined, after the National Security
Council chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
agreed to close the school until Friday. Speaking to reporters
after meeting with the school board and parent-teacher association
(PTA) here yesterday, Liow said the quarantined students and staff
members were not allowed to visit public or crowded places. Students
would also have to skip tuition classes for a week. “They should also have
less contact with their family members. They are quarantined but not their
families,” he said. “This action is necessary to prevent more cases among
the students and staff members. They must stay at home and follow the
advice the ministry has provided,” he added. Liow said the two 11-year-olds
from SJK (C) Jalan Davidson who were the 49th and 50th cases in the country,
contracted the virus from a classmate who tested positive on Friday
after recently returning from a vacation in Melbourne. PTA
chairman Dr Lai Boon Hai said several members would be on standby at
the school from 6.30am today to give out information on the closure and
inform as many students and their parents as possible. “All PTA
members are fully behind the decision by the ministry to close the
school for one week. It’s for the safety of the children,” he said. Liow
said anyone who fell sick or had a fever must inform the Federal
Territory Health Department at 03-2698 3757 or 019-229 9397. The
department has a health officer on 24-hour standby. “At the same
time, practise good hygiene and cleanliness by covering your mouth with
a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Also, wash your hands with soap,”
he said. On whether sterilisation of the school areas was
needed, Liow said it was not necessary as the virus could only survive
in the open for a maximum of eight hours. Earlier, when opening
an A(H1N1) awareness campaign in Batu 11, Cheras, organised by the
Serdang MCA division, Liow said the ministry’s guidelines recommended
schools to be closed if a local transmission was detected. Among
the new cases reported yesterday was a 33-year-old Thai national who is
crew member on a cargo ship which anchored at Port Klang on June 19. Health
director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said the man was found to
have been ill since June 17 and he and 22 other crew members were under
quarantine on board the vessel. The patient was later sent to
the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang after he tested positive
for the virus, Dr Ismail added.


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Hi people. pls do be careful. try to avoid public places and also the people with flu like symptoms well just try keep ur asses at home and rest it. no need to freely distribute the virus.

yah true, SH...but not sure if this awareness is known to foreigners...ta other day i was waiting for bus..there was a bangladeshi standing nx to me, coughin quite bad..n tat idiot did not cover his mouth while coughin...i had to move from tat place..

hahaha.....that is bangladeshi....imagine me going to klia almost 3 or 4 times a week and the MAT staff coughing beside me.....any idea what kinda heart attack that can give you?

shud just tell them off...lucky i moved away from tat idiot n rite after tat he got into a bus..if no, wud have told him to cover his bladdy mouth...

u should have sneezed on his face.. and make sure u spray eveything on his face and then tell excuse me.... hehehe

hahahahahaha...lucky him i didn hv tat in stock..

kuttygal wrote:shud just tell them off...lucky i moved away from tat idiot n rite after tat he got into a bus..if no, wud have told him to cover his bladdy mouth...

i did...i asked him whether he is H1N1 cleared?

wakaka....can u imeagine these donkeys are sleeping and snooring in the so called hardware maintenance room and server room in klia.

must be from the malay clan of donkeys la...

yup u got that right....

latest update....SRK Assunta in PJ primary school closed for one week!!!

3rd school just closed down.

Cempaka International School.

hmmm all these must b cos vacation during school holidays la...

that school has many students whom are children of big big big shots....bapak dia orang ambassador and MD and such.

actually last week already one student was confirmed. but then today morning one more student was local transmission and with that they close down the school.

hmmm how nice.. can get long holiday

dude....very simple.....take an onion....smelll it kau kau before u enter office. and then sneeze like 10 times....after that show ur red eyes....sure u will go back and holiday.

4th school .... Assunta 1 primary also close down.

12 new cases as of today since yesterday.

Just another word of caution

H1N1-A does not have a vaccine for the moment. So frankly if you are hit then obviously the only think can be done is Anti Viral injections which under controlled environment you can be cured but that does not mean you cannot get it again.

The nearest availability for the vaccine is projected to be around December '09.

So people....unless it really urgent or dieing matter keep your asses back home and avoid getting infected.

Wearing what Micheal Jackson wears when going out is a good idea to follow.

The Vaccine has just been launched in UK. Wonder how long its gonna take to reach Malaysia.