FROM: http://malaysia.yahoo.com/s/229713
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia on Friday confirmed its first case of swine flu, a 21-year-old student who recently returned from the United States.
A statement by the Health Ministry's director-general, Dr. Ismail Merican, said the young man was hospitalized on Thursday after suffering from fever, sore throat and body aches. He had returned to Malaysia from the United States on Wednesday.
Tests confirmed that he was infected with the A(H1N1) virus, the statement said. He is receiving anti-viral treatment and is in stable condition, it said.
Ismail said the ministry is in touch with his family members to ensure that he did not infect them, but they have not been placed under quarantine. He also urged all passengers on the Malaysia Airlines flight from Newark on Wednesday to contact the ministry.
Ismail said the public has no reason to panic as his department was taking steps to protect public health.
Globally, 70 people have died of swine flu, 64 of them in Mexico where the virus originated. Four deaths have been reported in the U.S., one in Canada and one in Costa Rica.
According to the World Health Organization, some 6,672 people in 33 countries are confirmed to be suffering from the disease.
The WHO estimates that up to 2 billion doses of swine flu vaccine could be produced every year, though the first batches wouldn't be available for four to six months.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia on Friday confirmed its first case of swine flu, a 21-year-old student who recently returned from the United States.
A statement by the Health Ministry's director-general, Dr. Ismail Merican, said the young man was hospitalized on Thursday after suffering from fever, sore throat and body aches. He had returned to Malaysia from the United States on Wednesday.
Tests confirmed that he was infected with the A(H1N1) virus, the statement said. He is receiving anti-viral treatment and is in stable condition, it said.
Ismail said the ministry is in touch with his family members to ensure that he did not infect them, but they have not been placed under quarantine. He also urged all passengers on the Malaysia Airlines flight from Newark on Wednesday to contact the ministry.
Ismail said the public has no reason to panic as his department was taking steps to protect public health.
Globally, 70 people have died of swine flu, 64 of them in Mexico where the virus originated. Four deaths have been reported in the U.S., one in Canada and one in Costa Rica.
According to the World Health Organization, some 6,672 people in 33 countries are confirmed to be suffering from the disease.
The WHO estimates that up to 2 billion doses of swine flu vaccine could be produced every year, though the first batches wouldn't be available for four to six months.
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大马确认首宗甲型流感病例
患者送入双溪毛糯医院隔离
5月15日 下午1点54分
卫生部今日证实，马来西亚出现首宗甲（H1N1）型流感确诊病例，患者已经被送入双溪毛糯医院隔离。
卫生部总监依斯迈发表文告指出，现年21岁的男学生是在5月13日从美国返回大马，在隔天即出现发烧、喉咙痛和身体疼痛，在同一天傍晚6点45分送入双溪毛糯医院。
该名患者已经被注射抗病毒剂，目前情况稳定。今天经过检验显示，他对甲型病毒呈现阳性反应。
联络患者家人与同机人员
文告表示，卫生部已经采取防范和控制行动，包括联络与患者有接触的家人及同机人员。
卫生部劝告，所有从美国纽瓦克市乘搭MH091班机，在5月13日早上7点15分抵达吉隆坡国际机场的乘客联络该部门，以便做进一步的安排。电话是03-88810200或03-88810300。
卫生部也敦促所有诊疗所和医院保持警惕，把那些受感染国家回马并出现流感症状的个案，送往指定的医院。
另外11宗个案呈阴性反应
文告说，截至5月14日凌晨12点为止，卫生部共接获11宗个案通知。这些个案皆出现流感症状。并且曾经到访受感染国家。经过样本检验后，全部病者都呈阴性反应。
卫生部也劝告公众人士，展延前往受感染的国家。那些刚从受感染国家回马的人士，一旦出现流感症状如咳嗽、呼吸困难、身体疼痛、头痛或喉咙痛，受促尽速就医。
文告也指出，只要烹饪方法正确，食用猪肉并不会感染甲型流感。
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如何防範A（H1N1）型流感？
1. 若出現不適症狀如感冒、傷風等，應第一時間看醫生。
2. 使用紙巾後不要隨意亂丟。
3. 勤於洗手，並且勿與人握手、親嘴。
4. 遠離公共場合。
2. 使用紙巾後不要隨意亂丟。
3. 勤於洗手，並且勿與人握手、親嘴。
4. 遠離公共場合。
孩童罹患A（H1N1）型流感的症狀
•呼吸急促與呼吸困難
•皮膚出現青藍色條狀
•水喝不夠
•神智不清，嗜睡或沒有互動
•變得浮躁，不要你抱抱
•感冒症狀可能紓緩，但是發燒咳嗽更劇烈
•發燒起疹子
成人症狀
•呼吸困難或呼吸急促
•胸悶與腹痛
•突然打冷顫
•神智不清
•持續嚴重嘔吐
•呼吸急促與呼吸困難
•皮膚出現青藍色條狀
•水喝不夠
•神智不清，嗜睡或沒有互動
•變得浮躁，不要你抱抱
•感冒症狀可能紓緩，但是發燒咳嗽更劇烈
•發燒起疹子
成人症狀
•呼吸困難或呼吸急促
•胸悶與腹痛
•突然打冷顫
•神智不清
•持續嚴重嘔吐
A（H1N1）型流感3未解之謎
•病毒從哪來？如何傳人？
•為何死者迄今都是墨西哥人？
•人傳豬，豬會不會再傳人？
•病毒從哪來？如何傳人？
•為何死者迄今都是墨西哥人？
•人傳豬，豬會不會再傳人？
A（H1N1）型流感問與答（重要！！點擊這裡，瞭解更多資訊！）
問：有沒有一種針對A（H1N1）型流感的有效疫苗？
答：目前還沒有，不過相關的疫苗研發正在進行之中。研製一種全新的流感疫苗通常需耗時5至6個月。
流感警告！！世衛宣布由第4級提高到第5級！所有國家都應立即啟動應對流感大流行的準備計劃。
問：有沒有一種針對A（H1N1）型流感的有效疫苗？
答：目前還沒有，不過相關的疫苗研發正在進行之中。研製一種全新的流感疫苗通常需耗時5至6個月。
流感警告！！世衛宣布由第4級提高到第5級！所有國家都應立即啟動應對流感大流行的準備計劃。
第1級：人類感染風險低
第2級：人類感染風險高
第3級：不存在或者只存在極為有限的人傳人風險
第4級：有證據顯示人傳人風險增加
第5級：有證據顯示病毒明顯具人傳人性質
第6級：.流行病病毒有效地且持續性地具人傳人性質
