H1N1 : 2 more die, health curfew if mortality rate reaches 0.4pc

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will consider declaring a health curfew only if the mortality rate of those infected with Influenza A (H1N1) goes above 0.4% from the current 0.1%-0.3%.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the Government was currently treating the situation as a “health emergency.”

A "health curfew" may involve the closure of all schools and the cancellation of all public and social functions, medical sources said.

Public gathering places might also be temporarily closed.

The flu took two more lives, a seven-month-old boy and a 74-year-old woman, taking the country’s death toll to 64. - + selanjutnya

H1N1 : 2 more die, health curfew if mortality rate reaches 0.4pc