Hopefully this is the lucky thirteen, no more after this...
KUALA LUMUR, Aug 5 —A six-year-old boy died of Influenza A(H1N1) in Pahang today, the first death from the disease in the state, and the nation's 13th.
Mohd Hyafiq (rpt) Hyafiq Aiman Mohd Saiful Afendi died at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA) Hospital here at 12.40pm after suffering from pneumonia.
The boy's mother, identified only as Tia, said her son was admitted to the hospital on Aug 1 after he developed fever and complained of stomach ache.
She said her only child, a pupil of the Unity Kindergarten in Taman Bukit Setongkol, was buried at the Bukit Ubi cemetery this evening. She also claimed that she was not allowed to see her son while he was under quarantine at the hospital and was informed this afternoon that he had died.
Pahang Local Government, Environment and Health Committee chairman Datuk Hoh Khai Mun, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed the death but declined to elaborate.
Earlier, Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Ismail Merican reported three patients, aged three, 12 and 20 respectively, had died at the Malacca Hospital on Aug 3, .
A six-year-old boy who died at the Batu Pahat Hospital at 2.30am on Wednesday was the second H1N1 death in Johor.
Overall, there were 16 new cases of A(H1N1) infection recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total in Malaysia to 1,476, Ismail said in a statement. – Bernama
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