Pulapol in lockdown over infection

Pulapolin
lockdown
over infection
clean-up: Trainees
disposing
of mattresses
at the puraporcomprex
yedterday.
2,799quarantineduntil further
notice after death of trainee
By RASHITHAA.HAMTD
and STEVENCHTEW
*eswsSeskSt$:es{ar,eonrl,
ent3p
p.laced
at the trainingcentreto monitorthe
sltuatlon.
SACZulkiflialso said the doctorswould
examineall the traineesto identifyandsepa_
andstaffatthe ratethoseinfected.
!!U4LA LUMpUR:All trainees
KualaLumpurpoliceTrainingCollege
(pulapolj
Familymemberswho would like to obtain
nave Deen-quarantinedpending furfhei moreinformation
areaskedto contactpuiapoi
Insrrucuon
tromtheHealthMinistry_ with 40 specialoperations
roomar 03-2688ZOA)ina
oflicersfromtheministrymoniti,riigtt
03-2688
2009.
auon.
"iitu_
victims experienceinfluenza_
...Ad.enovirus
^_Themovecameafter MohdAzizanfuirid. like illness.The symptomsare usuallvmild
25,a constabletraineefrom Kuall K;*;;;:--' resplratory
infection,diarrhoea
andconiuncti_
dild on Tuesday
fromadenovirus
infectiofi.
ut$ and peopleare infectedthroush-direct
commandant
Senior
Asst
Comm contactwith thoseinfectedor throu-gh
_ lllripot
drop_
Zulkifli Mohamedsaidthe trainees*"i; ;;;
letsfromcoughsor sneeze.
allowedto leavethe compounO
ana visitois
influen_
Tltglft victimbeganexperiencing
werenotallowedintotheviciniW.
zaJikeillnesson Febl5.
H...rqi9 Putapolwoutd only ie_openafter
-,
.Pulapoladmiftedhim to hospitalon Feb28
me HeaithJ\4inistry
gaveit thegreen-light.
whenhissymptomspersisted.
-iraineei
were
. As of 10amyesterday,3l
wasadmittedtb the iritensivecareunit
Detngtreatedat the HospitalKualaLumpur. on{e
March5 anddiedat 8.30pmonfueiaiv.
Fourof themaretraineeinspectors
whi6ih;
The.closure
of pulapold'idnot afiea'itre
remaining27 aretraineeconitables.
acnutlesandbusiness
in the nearbvarea.
All arereportedto bein stablecondition.
. HawkerRohayaWahab,:g, saidstieknew
Thereare2,799peopleaffectedbv tfreouar_ about
the incidentafterreadingWednesday's
antrne- 1,945are traineeconsiables'andnewspaper.
Inspectors
while 854 are pulapolaAminisiii_
Shesaidthatalthoughtheirhawkercentre
tion staff.
waslessthen500mfrom the trainingcentre.
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"About412traineeswho hadbeenin direct
thetrainees
did
tt. pi..E,
goltactwith thoseaffectedby the adenovirus yesterday, n-otfrequent
_ pufipol mediapersonnelwho hadgone
had been isolatedin a separatearea of the [o
werenotallowed
prenises.
Pulapolcomplex,"
SnCZunlnisaia
p-tfrapns of trainees intothe
Uerng
exami'nil
;;;;
I\4.ore
than 4O officers from tk Health giltn CIrt by the
_
nu*it nman police medr;
including eight docton hanebeen- aPirre
Ftrrrw,