Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Malaysia: Three passengers on flight MH091 tested negative for H1N1

19th May, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: Three passengers on the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH091 from Newark, New Jersey to KLIA via Sweden on May 13, who were having fever had been tested negative for the H1N1 virus.

The three passengers were a woman, who was quarantined at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) in Johor Baharu, Johor on Sunday afternoon after she developed fever, and another woman and a man who were admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching.

In JOHOR BAHARU, State Health Department director Dr Mohd Khairi Yakub said that the woman was now placed in an open ward and expected to be discharged soon.

The woman had been on home quarantine with three other passengers, two men and a woman, in Johor Baharu since Friday before she developed fever.

“The three other passengers are being home quarantined until Wednesday,” he said.

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