Sufficient stock of influenza medicine at Health Ministry's facilities

Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 -- There is sufficient stock of medicines to treat influenza infections at the Health Ministry’s facilities.

According to the ministry’s  pharmaceutical service programme, in view of the spread of influenza in the country, the ministry has obtained additional supply of medicines from alternative suppliers to ensure adequate supply at its facilities.

"Currently, there is adequate stock of Oseltamivir 75mg Capsule and Oseltamivir 60mg/5ml Oral Suspension to meet the treatment for influenza at the ministry’s facilities,” it  said.

Symptoms of influenza nncludes persistent high fever, cough, joint and muscle pain and sore throat. Patients can also suffer life-threatening complications such as pneumonia, meningitis and asthma attacks if they do not seek treatment early.

Meanwhile, Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah , in a statement today, said the pneumonia cluster that hit Wuhan, China, was still under investigation.

He said the Chinese authority however had confirmed that the infection was not influenza infection, avian flu, adenovirus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

"The World Health Organisation notified that the incident was being properly monitored, but at the mean time they did not issue any prohibition on visiting and trading with China," he said.

He said the ministry is taking the matter seriously and will continue to monitor the situation.

The ministry has taken several measures to prevent the spread of the disease, namely:-

 

According to WHO, as of yesterday, a total of 59 cases  identified in China were related to the cluster incident, with seven cases reported to be serious.

No death was reported and there was also no human to human transmission.

Investigation is still underway and a total of 121 close contacts of the cases were detected and put under surveillance.

-- BERNAMA






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