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First case of swine flu confirmed in Malaysia!

21 year old boy returning from The States on flight MH 091 is the 1st case in M'sia and now the government is frantically trying to trace all the passengers on board that flight.

What happened to those detectors at KLIA?

Here's the news extract from GMANews.TV

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia confirmed its first case of swine flu Friday, a 21-year-old student who recently returned from the United States.

The Health Ministry said the man was hospitalized Thursday after suffering from fever, a sore throat and body aches. He had returned to Malaysia from the United States on Wednesday.

Tests confirmed that he was infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus, the ministry said in a statement.

Acting Health Minister Kong Cho Ha said the man's condition "is OK ... very stable."

Five of his family members have been placed under quarantine as a precaution, Kong said.

Authorities are also trying to trace and isolate 199 passengers and crew who flew with him on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Newark, in the US state of New Jersey. The flight left Newark late Monday and made a stopover in Stockholm. Some of the passengers may also have taken a connecting flight to Indonesia.

"All the necessary precautions are being taken," Kong told a news conference. "We also advise the public not to panic. Everything is under control."

Globally, at least 70 people have died of swine flu, 64 of them in Mexico where the virus originated. Four deaths have been reported in the US, one in Canada and one in Costa Rica.

According to the World Health Organization, some 6,672 people in 33 countries are confirmed to have been sickened by the disease. - AP