Lelaki Dari Bukit Mertajam Disyaki Dijangkiti H1N1

PULAU PINANG, 15 Mei (Bernama) -- Seorang lelaki berumur 26 tahun dari Bukit Mertajam yang baru kembali dari Amerika Syarikat diletakkan di bawah pemerhatian di wad pengasingan Hospital Pulau Pinang (PGH), Khamis selepas didapati mempunyai simptom influenza A (H1N1).

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kesihatan, Kebajikan, Masyarakat Penyayang dan Alam Sekitar negeri Phee Boon Poh berkata lelaki itu mengalami demam semalam selepas pulang dari Dallas, AS tiga hari lepas.

"Beliau mendapatkan rawatan di hospital pagi ini dan bimbang yang dirinya mungkin dijangkiti virus H1N1 dan diletakkan di bawah pemerhatian," katanya kepada pemberita di sini.

Phee berkata sampel darah lelaki itu telah dihantar ke Institut Penyelidikan Perubatan di Kuala Lumpur dan keputusannya akan diketahui esok.

Dua minggu lepas, seorang pelancong New Zealand dimasukkan ke wad pengasingan hospital itu kerana disyaki dijangkiti virus H1N1 tetapi kemudiannya ujian darah mendapatinya negatif virus itu.-- BERNAMA

hot till september

from Thestar

By BEH YUEN HUI

KUALA LUMPUR: Temperatures have been rising all over the country, with Klang Valley (Subang) recording 35.6°C last Friday.

Outside the Klang Valley, Pahang (Batu Embun) experienced the hottest temperature last Thursday at 36.2°C.

The Meteorological Department said the hot and generally dry spell was expected to persist until September.

Department chief assistant director (central forecast office) Ahmad Zaki Mohamad Saad said the weather pattern was a usual phenomenon in the country.

He said that April and May were the hottest months according to climatology studies.
“The change of wind direction during the inter-monsoon season last month has caused the weather to be drier,’’ he said.

Ahmad Zaki said the country would experience the South-West monsoon from mid-May to September which usually brought a dry spell, he said.

He said although humid weather was forecast during the day, occasional rain and thunderstorms could be expected.

The maximum temperature is expected to range from 30.7°C to 34.1°C.