Some 39 new Influenza A (H1N1) cases have been detected up to 5.30pm yesterday, taking total accumulated cases to 13,127.

NONE Director-General of Health Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said no deaths were reported while the number of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) remained at 12.

"There are 534 Influenza Like Illness (ILI) cases nationwide of which 70 or 13.1 percent have been confirmed positive A (H1N1)," he said in a statement in Putrajaya today.

He said up to 8am today, six cases of ILI cluster were reported in four states namely Johor, Pahang, Perak and Perlis.

They include at Sri Merdeka Kindergarten in Taman Merdeka, Batu Pahat, Johor, Indera Pahlawan National Service Camp clinic in Jengka 6, Maran, Pahang and the Immigration Department Quarters in Padang Besar, Perlis.

NONE The public has been urged to take preventive measures while pregnant women and those suffering from asthma, diabetes, kidney and heart ailments should receive H1N1 vaccines at 104 facilities.

Ismail said monitoring found that the vaccine was save and did not result in serious side effects.

More information on H1N1 can be accessed via the ministry website at http://h1n1.moh.gov.my or by calling the ministry hotline at 03-8881 0200 or  03-8881 0300.

- Bernama