First influenza A(H1N1) alert in Sabah, 13th May 2009
May 14th, 2009It was a 71-year old tourist from Canada, one of 5 countries in the Malaysian government’s list of non-recommended countries to travel to. The others are the United States, Mexico, Spain and Britain.
Timeline:
5th: he arrived in Sabah
12th / 13th: became ill, suffering from fever and a sore throat. Visited a clinic in Luyang. The doctor there immediately alerted Sabah Health Department officials who then took the man to be quarantined overnight at the Department’s isolation centre in Kepayan.
13th: His blood sample sent to Kuala Lumpur.
14th: blood test result received: negative. The man released.
Just wondering: need to send blood sample to KL? Shouldn’t Sabah have it’s own A(H1N1) blood testing equipment? Or hasn’t telemedicine progressed up to the point where blood can be tested remotely?
Source
The Star, 14th May 2009
… this could very well increase insurance quotes anywhere …
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in Sabah we don’t need all that… because a beer a day keeps the flu away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doctor, I like your advice hahaa