Published: Tuesday June 23, 2009 MYT 12:01:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday June 23, 2009 MYT 5:45:09 PM
A(H1N1): Students back from US, UK, Australia, Philippines must stay home for 7 days
Latest: Seri Cempaka, Assunta 1 schools closed for a week
PUTRAJAYA: Students returning for holidays from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and the Philippines must quarantine themselves at home for seven days.
Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said most imported cases of the Influenza A (H1N1) reported in the country involved people who returned from these countries.
“We urge them to do so and if they develop flu-like symptoms, they must seek treatment immediately,” he told a press conference here Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Seri Cempaka International School in Batu 9, Cheras in Kuala Lumpur became the fourth school to be ordered to be closed for a week after a student tested positive for the flu.
Seri Cempaka International School Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lay said on Tuesday that the number of cases nationwide had increased to 69 with 10 new cases, he said, with two of them being local transmissions.
SJK (C) Jalan Davidson here and SRK Assunta 1 and 2 in Petaling Jaya were closed earlier after students were confirmed with the virus.
SMK Seksyen 9 Shah Alam, SMK Damansara Utama in Petaling Jaya and SM Wangsa Maju in Kuala Lumpur have each had one class stopped from Monday.
Meanwhile, Education Ministry director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Md Dom says parents with children in the affected schools can keep them at home for the rest of the week if they are worried or the children feel unwell.
"All they would need to do is to inform the school; there is no need for a medical certificate from a doctor," he said.
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