A trainee from Road Transport Department academy in Tiang Dua
died from a disease. Other 12 were hospitalized in the Malacca
Hospital after the outbreak of the disease.
From the 12 hospitalized, 9 are kept in isolation and other 3
are treated under the Intensive Care Unit.
The academy also has 85 other trainees under quarantine.
However, Ghazali Othman, state health director, confirmed that
the disease is not the H1N1 influenza virus but rather suspected to
be bacterial meningitis.
Primary investigations suspect the trainees contracted the
disease during a field trip that involved 300 trainees. They were
divided in groups of 100 and sent in a two day trip to Pedas, Muar,
and Bukit Katil.
The trainee that died had headache, fever, runny nose, and cough
as symptoms of the disease. He passed out on the way to the
hosptial.