Official Reports from March to August of H1N1

Malaysia specific

Malaysia was the 37th country to affected by the virus on 5 March with its second confirmed case the following day.

In Malaysia, health screenings were carried out on passengers traveling to and from Mexico via sea, air and land beginning 17 April.

The Health Ministry's disease control division activated its operations room to monitor the swine flu situation and informed medical practitioners treating suspicious cases to inform the district health office immediately.

Thermal scanners were installed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Screenings were imposed in Pengkalan Hulu, at the border with Thailand, in late April.

Quarantine rooms had been allocated in 28 hospitals, and the country has stockpiled more than 2 million doses of Tamilflu, as of May 2009.

Schools were issued strict hygiene procedures on 16 May to contain any H1N1 outbreak among students and teachers.

On 15 May, the Health Ministry confirmed Malaysia's first case of A(H1N1) infection of a male student who had arrived via air.

Malaysia recorded its first local infection of influenza A(H1N1) involving the 19th case as that person had no history of having traveled to a country that had the flu.

The first A(H1N1) related death was reported on 23 July 2009.

On Tuesday 4 August, 14 new cases were reported by health authorities. 13 of the cases were from three new clusters and one was an isolated case. One patient was admitted to the intensive care unit. At time of publication, 1,780 people have been infected with 32 deaths.