No students down with H1N1 in Labuan

Labuan: Health Director, Dr Zaini Hussin, has denied reports that eight students from two secondary schools here who returned from Melaka after a civil defence cadet programme were admitted to hospital for Influenza A (HINI).Zaini said the students, including 34 others and two accompanying teachers and 3 trainers from the Civil Defence Department that followed the programme were quarantined in their homes for seven days.

He said the quarantine was a precautionary measure following reports that five students from another State who followed the programme were suspected of having the HINI virus.

"Till now none of those who returned here from Melaka had been suspected as HINI positive as reported," he said.

Zaini said by imposing the quarantine, the officers were merely monitoring the progress of the students and others since they returned from state with cases of HINI.

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The report sparked concern and anxiety among parents who were wondering whether to keep their children away from the two schools.

In KOTA KINABALU, Medical officers visited the SJK (C) Shan Tao after about 10 of its pupils developed suspected H1N1 symptoms here, Monday.

It was learnt that the pupils were then taken to the hospital for further checks.

In TAWAU, 16 cases of H1N1 have been recorded in the district until now, said Area Health Officer, Dr Jiloris F. Dony.

"A similar case was detected in Kunak when a patient came from Australia," he said at the Full Council meeting, responding to the Tawau Municipal Council (TMC) President Ismail Mayakob who asked for an update on the situation in the district.

Initially, he said 44 people were screened but only 16 were found to be positive with the virus. Dr Jiloris said the district Health office had also conducted screening at entry points like at the airport, barter trade and port.

He said in the past two months, 64,000 people were screened at the barter trade centre, 29,000 at the port and 4,000 at the airport, while a total 50,000 people were screened at the District Hospital.

Some 2,000 patients were screened at private hospitals.

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Although there were school children infected by the virus, it did not necessitate the closure of the schools because the patients had already been quarantined.

In this respect, Dr Jiloris advised the people here to continue to take precautionary measures by practicing the hygienic and cleanliness steps as recommended by the Government.

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