In other Swine flu news, in Kuala Lumpur the Health Ministry has also decided on setting up isolation rooms for those with influenza-like illness (ILI) following the rise in the number of ILI cluster cases involving schoolchildren. There has been a report of seven new cases and most of them were school kids. Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said these children must be isolated until they fully recover. He said, Almost all the children were treated as outpatients and isolated in their homes or hostels. The laboratory results confirming the illness from throat swabs is yet to be revealed. Six of these children are in the intensive care units. He said the onus of prevention of spread was with the parents and primary care givers, I want all parents, teachers, school heads and hostel wardens to monitor the health of the children every day so that early measures can be taken and put in place as per the guidelines issued by the ministry We have been stressing on the preventive measures since April last year, but there are still people who are complacent and take the H1N1 pandemic lightly The disease, if not treated early, can cause complications and death, especially for those in the high-risk group.
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