Ministry Cancel Overseas Events Over Swine Flu

ISSUES IN EVENT COORDINATION

MINISTRY CANCEL OVERSEAS EVENTS OVER SWINE FLU

Article Sources:
Thestar.com.my
June 26, 2009
Gmanews.tv
May 12, 2009
Bernama.com

Author: By D.Arul Rajoo

June 26, 2009

Introduction
Several overseas sports event was cancelled
Asean inter-school sports event in Thailand
Malaysian cheerleading team to Australia
Intercontinental Football tournament
All was cancelled around the month of may and June 2009
Reason of cancellation was because of the outbreak of H1N1

Problems
Cheerleading association invested more than RM17000 and difficult to find sponsor.
Malaysia had spend RM4 million to host Asean Para games
Some parties are irritated due to the last minute cancellation. 
Issues

Issues on Ministry cancels overseas events over A(H1N1)
What is the effect if Malaysia proceed to send their team to overseas?
Medical – seasonal vaccine will not protect from H1N1/ H1N1 vaccine are very limited and cannot support athletes health
What measurement do this sport association or Malaysia take as pre-caution to avoid from the virus influenza A H1N1?

Recommendations
Impose strict health measures to prevent the spread of Influenza A(H1N1).
Association should be aware of Influenza A(H1N1) before sending their teams to the local and overseas sports event.
Preventive measures such as hand washing, cough etiquette, social distancing, usage of face mask.
They shouldn’t blame the government  because it was for the sake of our own country (Malaysia).

Conclusion
Right after bird flu influenza, now it is swine flu influenza (H1N1). This influenza cannot be avoided because this influenza is an air bond diseases, so we as a human being should take pre-caution to avoid this disease from spreading widely throughout the country either in any kind of events and others.  “Remember, this influenza may kill”