Malaysia: One-year-old twins in Temerloh infected with H1N1, one dies while the other fighting to live

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — One half of twin sisters in Temerloh, Pahang succumbed to the Influenza A virus also known as H1N1 while the other is now fighting for her life.

The one-year old girl is warded at the intensive care unit in the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital in Temerloh, where her sibling died late last month, New Straits Times (NST) reported today.



Pahang Health Department director Datuk Dr Bahari Awang Ngah confirmed the latest news.

The death was only verified by the authorities recently after being first reported on January 1.


NST cited an unnamed source saying state Health Department investigators have been tracking the case for a year, but remain unable to identify its point of transmission.


“Our investigations showed that the sisters had only been to two places, their nursery and a supermarket. Nobody else at the nursery has tested positive for H1N1.

“Our preliminary conclusion is that the victims could have picked it outside, maybe from the foreign workers at the supermarket,” the source was quoted saying.

The Pahang Health Department is reported saying the Temerloh death from H1N1 is considered an isolated case.

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/01/11/one-year-old-twins-in-temerloh-infected-with-h1n1-one-dies-while-the-other/1826885

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12yo M’sian Boy Dies of Influenza After Doctor Dismissed High Temperature As Common Fever


A 12-year-old disabled boy suspected to be infected with Influenza A died yesterday night (12th January). Sinar Harian reported that he had been suffering from a fever since Friday (10th January).






According to his mother, Nek Mudzlifah Abdul Kahar, 48, her son was developed a fever and was brought to the clinic last Friday night.

https://www.worldofbuzz.com/12yo-msian-boy-dies-of-influenza-after-doctor-dismissed-high-temperature-as-common-fever/