Our program APPS 2009 would have ended nicely if without the cases of H1N1.On the last day of APPS before our Gala Night, we received a shocking news that 1 of our participants had been confirmed as H1N1 positive. We immediately halted all the event and checked the temperature of all participants,asking all of them to wear the mask.The air was so tense, everyone was panic by that time as those having sharing the same apartment need to be quarantined.
Actually we did check the temperature of all the participants everyday. The girl from Indon had been not feeling well since the 2nd day. We bought her to the Pusat Kesihatan of Usm and only got the result in the last day of our event. It was indeed a big challenge to us as if most of them are quarantined, we need to help them to postpone their flight which was on the next day.
The next day, the 2nd case was confirmed, a Malaysian girl which was not in the same room nor same group with the 1st case.
3rd case was the housemate of 2nd case. Whereas the 5 others cases are all close friends of 1st person. So total 8 cases confirmed up to this moment( 2.00pm). We are praying hard not to get the number increasing some more as there were almost 400 of us including the participants and committees. Some of us have direct contact with those 8 persons. It was really a good experience for us to learn how to handle all this emergency thing. We faced difficulty in informing all those involved as some of them can't reach by international call and they are scattered all over the world. A great challenge for us!
Meanwhile, we realised the action plan of M'sia in handling H1N1 issue is so unclear. We were scolded by the doctor when we tried to get the test done for some of the participants with fever and indirect contact with those +cases. The doctor in Penang GH even allow those suspected to go back to their own countries . Oh gosh, how come M'sia is so poor and terrible in handling such big pandemic influenza?Am curious when they are going to take thing seriously?Is it until there are death cases of H1N1? In fact all 400 of us should be quarantined to stop spreading the diseases.
Now, all the committees are ordered to self-quarantined at the hostel until 8th of July. We will be commercing the class on 13th July, which is a week later than others students. Maybe it is good also since all of us can have a longer break and rest well after the tiring week,haha...
Actually we did check the temperature of all the participants everyday. The girl from Indon had been not feeling well since the 2nd day. We bought her to the Pusat Kesihatan of Usm and only got the result in the last day of our event. It was indeed a big challenge to us as if most of them are quarantined, we need to help them to postpone their flight which was on the next day.
The next day, the 2nd case was confirmed, a Malaysian girl which was not in the same room nor same group with the 1st case.
3rd case was the housemate of 2nd case. Whereas the 5 others cases are all close friends of 1st person. So total 8 cases confirmed up to this moment( 2.00pm). We are praying hard not to get the number increasing some more as there were almost 400 of us including the participants and committees. Some of us have direct contact with those 8 persons. It was really a good experience for us to learn how to handle all this emergency thing. We faced difficulty in informing all those involved as some of them can't reach by international call and they are scattered all over the world. A great challenge for us!
Meanwhile, we realised the action plan of M'sia in handling H1N1 issue is so unclear. We were scolded by the doctor when we tried to get the test done for some of the participants with fever and indirect contact with those +cases. The doctor in Penang GH even allow those suspected to go back to their own countries . Oh gosh, how come M'sia is so poor and terrible in handling such big pandemic influenza?Am curious when they are going to take thing seriously?Is it until there are death cases of H1N1? In fact all 400 of us should be quarantined to stop spreading the diseases.
Now, all the committees are ordered to self-quarantined at the hostel until 8th of July. We will be commercing the class on 13th July, which is a week later than others students. Maybe it is good also since all of us can have a longer break and rest well after the tiring week,haha...
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