He advised the public to take precautions and abide by the guidelines set by the ministry, and to refrain from visiting crowded areas.
“The are no new deaths from the flu and the death toll remains at 77,” he said in a statement on Monday.
He said 123 influenza-like illness (ILI) patients were admitted while 106 more were discharged on Monday.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said that 110 new patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms were warded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of those being treated in hospitals nationwide to 843.
There has been no Influenza A(H1N1) fatality in the country since Sept 19 with the death toll still at 77, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said.
He said 282 new patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) were admitted to hospitals and 130 patients were allowed to return home.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said 135 new cases with influenza-like illness (ILI) were warded in hospitals nationwide while 108 were discharged, leaving the total at 704.
Of the total, only 169 cases or 29 percent were confirmed Influenza A(H1N1) cases, he said in the ministry's website.
However, no new H1N1 death was recorded and the death toll remained at 77.
The number of fatalities from the disease was still at 77, said Director-General of Health, Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said only 15 new patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) were reported and admitted to hospitals for treatment.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the student, who stayed in a hostel, had died on Sept 11 but the case was only reported to the ministry yesterday.
A total of 40,000 doses of the 400,000 doses of anti-H1N1 vaccine ordered by the Health Ministry are expected to arrive in the country by the end of next month, said its minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
He said the vaccine would be evenly distributed with priority given to front line personnel and high risk groups like pregnant women and children.
The balance 360,000 doses would arrive in early January, he told reporters after attending a breaking of the fast function with the orang asli community in Sunagi Gapoh near here today.
Liow said the anti-H1N1 vaccine was being sourced from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) which is based in the United Kingdom.
After seven days of no record of deaths due to Influenza A (H1N1), a death was registered Friday bringing the total now to 74.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the victim was a disabled 19-year-old male from Gerik, Perak.
"He was admitted to the Gerik Hospital on Aug 19 for fever, cough, sore throat and vomitting over four days. On Aug 20, he was referred to the Ipoh Hospital for specialist treatment and antiviral treatment was started.
"However, he died on Aug 23 due to lungs complication due to Acute Pulmonary Oedema with underlying Influenza A H1N1 infection.
“The case was confirmed to be H1N1 through laboratory tests on Aug 28," Dr Mohd Ismail said in a statement Friday.
Meanwhile, 198 new patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms had been admitted into hospital for treatment while 190 had been discharged.
FROM the historic E&O Hotel to the Chew clan jetty and majestic aura of the Che Hoon Khor Moral Uplifting Society building, love was in the air in George Town, Penang.
More than 210 couples got married in mass wedding ceremonies in the city on the auspicious date of 09-09-09 yesterday.
Aside from being a catchy and once-in-a-lifetime wedding date, 09-09-09 also has a special significance as the number nine or jiu in Mandarin has the same sound as the phrase chang chang jiu jiu which means everlasting.
No deaths from Influenza A(H1N1) were reported in the country for the sixth consecutive day today, with the death toll remaining at 73.
Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said 1,175 cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) were under treatment at 98 hospitals nationwide, with 275 or 23 per cent of the cases confirmed as H1N1.
He said that of the 275 cases, 41 were under treatment in intensive care while three cases were new and two cases had been discharged.
"173 new patients with ILI have been admitted to hospital while 174 have been discharged," he said in a statement.
Death toll due to influenza A (H1N1) remains at 73 as health authorities have not been alerted of new fatality in the past 24 hours.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said that 219 new patients have been warded for influenza-like illness (ILI) and 114 were discharged during the past one day.
He said that only 332 patients who were warded were confirmed to be infected with the A (H1N1) and 52 were currently being treated in the Intensive Care Unit.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said of the total H1N1 cases, 55 patients were being treated at the intensive care unit while nine were new cases.
