June 25, 2009: Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Peter Pang and his family have put themselves on home quarantine after his son, who returned to Sandakan from Melbourne, was confirmed to be the state’s second Influenza A( H1N1) case. “As responsible citizens, Pang and his family have taken the immediate step to quarantine themselves as a precaution,” his political secretary Jason Tan said. Pang, his wife and two daughters are in self isolation after Pang’s 17-year-old son was confirmed by Health authorities on Jun 24 to have been infected and put in the isolation ward of the Duchess of Kent Hospital here.
Tan said that Pang’s son condition was stable. Pang, who is state Youth and Sports Minister, was scheduled to launch the state level students’ forum competition at SM Tshung Tsin Thursday but was represented by state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Masidi Manjun.
Sabah’s first case of A(H1N1) involved a 15-year-old girl here who was discharged from the Linghzi quarantine centre here last Friday after a week of anti-viral treatment. The girl was studying in the United States and had returned to Kota Kinabalu via a MAS flight from Hong Kong on June 13.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said today that 11 Influenza A(H1N1) cases were detected from yesterday until 8am today comprising eight imported cases and three local transmissions, The latest figure brings the number of confirmed H1N1 cases to 91 and the 91st victim is a Malaysian who returned from Melbourne, Australia on June 20.He was on transit at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport before taking a flight to Kota Kinabalu and then to Sandakan on June 20.