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SINGAPURA: Kes Influenza A (H1N1) di Singapura kini melebihi paras 200 kes apabila 26 lagi kes baru yang disahkan wabak itu dilapor semalam.

Kementerian Kesihatan berkata kes terbaru membabitkan 11 kes tempatan dan 15 lagi yang mempunyai sejarah perjalanan ke luar negara itu, menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan kes H1N1 yang dilapor di Singapura ialah 220.

Kementerian itu berkata 11 kes tempatan membabitkan dua penjaga kelab hiburan tempatan, dua yang menghadiri kem gereja, dua pekerja di kem tentera dan lima kes yang tidak mempunyai hubungan.

Lima kes yang tidak mempunyai hubungan ialah empat wanita dan seorang lelaki berusia 18 hingga 22 tahun.

Daripada 15 kes import, kementerian berkata empat mempunyai sejarah perjalanan ke Filipina, empat ke Australia, tiga ke Hong Kong, dua ke Amerika Syarikat dan masingmasing seorang ke United Kingdom dan New Zealand. BERNAMA

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orang belah johor hati2 lah..

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tumpang dua kaki ah..

KUALA LUMPUR: Langkah penutupan sekolah-sekolah di Lembah Klang bagi mencegah penularan influenza A (H1N1) hanya akan dilakukan sebagai pilihan terakhir, kata Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak hari ini.

Jelas beliau, kerajaan akan meggunakan langkah pencegahan terlebih dahulu sebelum mengambil keputusan sedemikian.

"Kita kena pastikan langkah terbaik diambil untuk kawal penularan virus ini. Saya boleh katakan tutup sekolah adalah langkah terakhir yang akan kita ambil," kata beliau di sini hari ini.

Beliau menyatakan demikian ekoran perkembangan terbaru iaitu sebanyak 12 kes baru A(H1N1) dikesan sepanjang 24 jam lalu, sehingga pagi tadi, dengan 10 kes import baru dan tambahan dua jangkitan tempatan.

Malaysia telah merekodkan 80 kes setakat ini iaitu 69 kes import dan 11 kes jangkitan tempatan.

Tambah Najib, langkah penutupan sekolah pada waktu ini mungkin akan mencetuskan situasi panik di kalangan masyarakat.

"Jika kita tutup sekolah ia akan wujudkan situasi panik di kalangan rakyat.

"Tapi itu bukan sesuatu yang kita tak akan buat, tapi kita buat langkah lain dulu.

"Jika langkah lain tidak berkesan dan virus terus merebak dengan cepat dan jumlahnya meningkat, kerajaan akan pertimbangkannya," katanya.

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ohh.. ingatkan langkah terakhir tu adalah mengebom kandang babi..

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Saya masih isteri orang - Wan Sharmila

SETIAP pasangan yang berkahwin pasti mengharapkan mahligai yang dibina akan bertahan sehingga ke akhir hayat.

(mapuh mung ah bini org ke bini saper.. orang cakap pasal babi lah!)

Seorang pelajar daripada Sekolah Asunta 2 terpaksa dikuarantin di rumahnya selepas seorang pelajar sekolah terbabit didapati positif H1N1. Foto THE STAR Oleh: SAM THAM.

PUTRAJAYA: Sebanyak 12 kes baru Influenza A (H1N1) dikesan sepanjang 24 jam lalu, dengan 10 kes import baru dan tambahan dua jangkitan tempatan.

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kerajaan sibuk main politik jer..

DUA buah sekolah lagi ditutup hari ini menjadikan kesemuanya empat sekolah dengan jumlah kes meningkat kepada 68 berikutan penularan tempatan Influenza A (H1N1). Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican hari ini berkata Seri Cempaka International School di Cheras ditutup sehingga Sabtu ini manakala Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan (SRK) Assunta 1 di Petaling Jaya ditutup selama seminggu.

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Genetics


On April 24, the CDC determined that seven samples from suspected cases in Mexico matched the strain that had infected patients in Texas and California with no known linkages to animals or one another; the strain appeared to be spreading from human to human.[9][10] The CDC determined that the strain contained genes from four different flu viruses – North American swine influenza, North American avian influenza, human influenza, and swine influenza virus typically found in Asia and Europe – "an unusually mongrelised mix of genetic sequences."[11][12] A CDC investigative team arrived in Mexico City on April 25 to work with Mexican counterparts to study the virus.[13]

Pigs are susceptible to influenza viruses that can also infect both humans and birds, so they may act as a "mixing vessel" in which reassortment can occur between flu viruses of several species.[14][15] Reassortment is a process that happens if two different types of influenza virus infect a single cell and it can produce a new strain of influenza. This is because the virus genome is split between eight independent pieces of RNA, which allows pieces of RNA from different viruses to mix together and form a novel type of virus as new virus particles are being assembled.[16] This new strain appears to be a result of the reassortment of two swine influenza viruses, one from North America and one from Europe.[17] But the North American pig strain was itself the product of previous reassortments, and has carried an avian PB2 gene for at least ten years and a human PB1 gene since 1993.[18] These genes were passed on to the new virus.[19][20]

Gene sequences for every viral gene were made available through the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID).[21][22] A preliminary analysis found that the hemagglutinin (HA) gene was similar to that of swine flu viruses present in U.S. pigs since 1999, but the neuraminidase (NA) and matrix protein (M) genes resembled versions present in European swine flu isolates. While viruses with this genetic makeup had not previously been found to be circulating in humans or pigs, there is no formal national surveillance system to determine what viruses are circulating in pigs in the U.S.[23] So far, little is known about the spread of the virus in any pig population. A preliminary analysis has also shown that several of the proteins involved in the pathophysiology of the virus are most similar to strains that cause mild symptoms in humans. This suggests that the virus is unlikely to cause severe infections similar to those caused by the 1918 pandemic flu virus or the H5N1 avian influenza.[24]

Late on May 6, Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory first completed the sequencing of the virus, publishing the result to GenBank. Samples from Mexico, Nova Scotia and Ontario had the same sequence, ruling out genetic explanations for the greater severity of the Mexican cases.[25][26]

The genetic divergence of the virus in samples from different cases has been analysed by Mike Worobey at the University of Arizona at Tucson, USA, who found that the virus jumped to humans in 2008 probably after June, and not later than the end of November[27].

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2009 Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic

In the 2009 flu pandemic, the virus isolated from patients in the United States was found to be made up of genetic elements from four different flu viruses – North American Mexican influenza, North American avian influenza, human influenza, and swine influenza virus typically found in Asia and Europe – "an unusually mongrelised mix of genetic sequences."[13] This new strain appears to be a result of reassortment of human influenza and swine influenza viruses, in all four different strains of subtype H1N1.

Preliminary genetic characterization found that the hemagglutinin (HA) gene was similar to that of swine flu viruses present in U.S. pigs since 1999, but the neuraminidase (NA) and matrix protein (M) genes resembled versions present in European swine flu isolates. The six genes from American swine flu are themselves mixtures of swine flu, bird flu, and human flu viruses.[14] While viruses with this genetic makeup had not previously been found to be circulating in humans or pigs, there is no formal national surveillance system to determine what viruses are circulating in pigs in the U.S.[15]

On June 11, 2009, the WHO declared an H1N1 pandemic, moving the alert level to phase 6, marking the first global pandemic since 1968.[16]

H1N1: SJKC Jalan Davidson ditutup

KUALA LUMPUR: Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Jalan Davidson akan ditutup selama seminggu selepas pelajar tahun lima sekolah itu yang disahkan positif influenza A (H1N1) didapati menyebarkan virus itu kepada dua rakan sekelasnya.

Tajuk : Helah Menculik Kanak-Kanak Di Carrefour JB Subject : Child Kidnap Trick in Carrefour, JB Jika anda tiada anak kecil pun, tolong sebarkan maklumat ini kepada sesiapa sahaja. Kita tidak tahu entah siapa yang dapat diselamatkan dengan menghantar e-mel ini. Tolong beri sedikit masa dan hantar kepada kawan yang ada anak-anak dan cucu-cucu. Terima Kasih. Even if you do not have little kids, pass this one on to everyone you can think of. You never know who you might save by sending this e-mail! Please, take the time and forward this to any friend who has children & grandchildren! Thanks!Kita mahu berkongsi apa yang berlaku hari ini semasa berbelanja di Carrefour JB. Seorang ibu sedang membongkok untuk membelek-belek daging, dan apabila berpusing mendapati anak perempuannya berusia 4 tahun telah hilang. Saya berdiri betul-betul bersebelahan dengan si ibu, sementara si ibu tadi terus memanggil-manggil anak perempuannya tapi hampa. Wanted to share something that happened today while shopping at Carrefour.. A mother was leaning over looking for meat and turned around to find her 4 years old daughter was missing. I was standing there right beside her, and she was calling her daughter with no luck.Saya meminta seorang pekerja lelaki Carrefour untuk umumkan kehilangan tersebut melalui sistem pembesar suara. Beliau terus melakukannya apabila diminta berbuat demikian, dan kemudian terus meninggalkan saya untuk membuat panggilan telefon. Panggilan itu untuk memaklumkan supaya semua pintu dan pagar dikunci menggunakan kata kod atau seumpamanya. Jadi mereka telah mengunci semua pintu dengan serta-merta. I asked a man who worked at Carrefour to announce it over the loud-speaker. He did, and left me, he immediately walked right past me when I asked and went to a pole where there was a phone. He made an announcement for all the doors and gates to be locked, a code something. So they locked all the doors at once. Hanya 3 minit diperlukan untuk melakukannya selepas diminta. Mereka menjumpai kanak-kanak perempuan itu 5 minit kemudian di dalam bilik air dalam keadaan masih khayal. Kepala budak perempuan itu sudah separuh dicukur, dan hanya berpakaian dalam. Ada sebuah beg mengandungi baju, pisau cukur, dan rambut palsu terletak di lantai bersebelahannya untuk menukar wajahnya. This took all of 3 minutes after I asked the guy to do this. They found the little girl 5 minutes later in a bathroom stall drugged. Her head was half shaved, and she was dressed in her underwear with a bag of clothes, a razor, and wig sitting on the floor beside her, to make her look different. Siapa pun yang melakukannya – iaitu mengambil lalu membawa budak perempuan ini ke dalam bilik air, cukur rambut dan tukar pakaiannya – melakukannya kurang daripada 10 minit. Ini bikin saya menggigil tak sudah-sudah. Tolong perhatikan anak-anak anda apabila berada di tempat luas di mana adalah senang untuk kita terpisah dengan mereka seperti di gedung beli-belah. Hanya beberapa minit diperlukan untuk melakukan semuanya. 5 minit lagi maka anak perempuan itu tentu sudah berjaya dibawa keluar. Whoever this person was, took the little girl, brought her into thebathroom, shaved half her head, and undressed her in a matter of less than 10 minutes. This makes me shake to no end. Please keep a close eye on your kids when in big places where it's easy for you to get separated like Shopping Malls. It only took a few minutes to do all of that. Another 5 minutes and she would have been out the door.Saya masih amat terkejut ada manusia yang sanggup melakukannya, apa lagi dalam masa hanya beberapa minit. Masa anak-anak kecil boleh berlari tanpa hirau telah berlalu. Budak perempuan itu kini selamat. Syukur ke hadrat Allah SWT, dan tahniah kepada pekerja Carrefour yang bertindak pantas. I am still in shock that some sick person could do this, let alone in a matter of minutes. The days are over when our little ones could run rampant all over the place and nothing worse would happen then them annoying people..The little girl is fine. Thank God for fast workers who didn't take any chances. SEBARKAN BERITA INI SELUAS-LUASNYA SUPAYA PERINGATAN DAPAT DIBUAT BAHAWA ADA MANUSIA GILA LAGI GANAS DI KALANGAN KITA SEMUA ! BE SURE TO FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE, SO THEY REMEMBER JUST HOW SICK PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE !