KOTA KINABALU: Many are stayed away from the waters of the 0) Staying

popular Tanjung Aru beach here following reports of an jellyfish 1) _____________

infestation due to the current dry spell triggered from El Nino. 2) _____________

The beach, whom usually draws large crowds on the weekends, 3)______________

has seen few people headed into the water recently. Most off those who 4) _____________

turn down only have picnics by the shore. 5) _____________

Groups of picnickers can be observed in the beach, although only 6) _____________

a few people wade in the shallow waters and even fewer swim on the sea. 7) _____________

Local picnic Emanuel, who turned up with his two children, aged 8) _____________

three and five, said he wanted his children to enjoyed themselves at the 9) _____________

beach but would not allowed them into the water. 10) ____________

As of Jan 29, some 22 people has suffered jellyfish stings, 11)_____________

according to Civil Defence lifeguards who gave immediately treatment to 12)_____________

the victims. Some of them was sending to the hospital. 13) ____________

There have been no reports of any fatalities.

PETALING JAYA: Zika is a existing virus in Malaysia and the steps 0) an

needed to preventing its infection are similar to those adopted for dengue, 1) _____________

said an researcher. 2) _____________

World Health Organisations (WHO) Collaborating Centre for

Arbovirus Reference and Research director Prof Dr Sazaly Abu Bakar

said the Zika virus was isolated from mosquitoes on 1969 in Bentong, 3)______________

Pahang.

However, the original of the virus discovered in Malaysia was not 4) _____________

known since it was not studied to determined its genome, he said. 5) _____________

It may have come from Africa or could be native to ours country and 6) _____________

found in our monkeys and mosquitoes, he adding. 7) _____________

Dr Sazaly said they had not saw the virus since 1969 because no 8) _____________

one has looked for it. 9) _____________

According to WHO, Zika virus is a emerging mosquito-borne 10) ____________

virus that was first identified in Uganda on 1947 in the rhesus monkeys. 11)_____________

It was subsequently identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and 12)_____________

Tanzania. Outbreaks of Zika virus disease have been recorded inside 13) ____________

Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.

PETALING JAYA: Zika is a existing virus in Malaysia and the steps 0) an

needed to preventing its infection are similar to those adopted for dengue, 1) _____________

said an researcher. 2) _____________

World Health Organisations (WHO) Collaborating Centre for

Arbovirus Reference and Research director Prof Dr Sazaly Abu Bakar

said the Zika virus was isolated from mosquitoes on 1969 in Bentong, 3)______________

Pahang.

However, the original of the virus discovered in Malaysia was not 4) _____________

known since it was not studied to determined its genome, he said. 5) _____________

It may have come from Africa or could be native to ours country and 6) _____________

found in our monkeys and mosquitoes, he adding. 7) _____________

Dr Sazaly said they had not saw the virus since 1969 because no 8) _____________

one has looked for it. 9) _____________

According to WHO, Zika virus is a emerging mosquito-borne 10) ____________

virus that was first identified in Uganda on 1947 in the rhesus monkeys. 11)_____________

It was subsequently identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and 12)_____________

Tanzania. Outbreaks of Zika virus disease have been recorded inside 13) ____________

Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.

JASIN: A seven-year-old girl drowned after falled into a septic tank at 0) falling

Sekolah Rendah Agama Jaim Parit Penghulu Benteng Monday evening.

Raja Nur Najjwa Ariana Raja Mohamad Hahrunizam was believed too 1) _____________

have fell into one of four 3.7 metre deep septic tanks while playing with 2) _____________

friends on recess in the 4.45pm incident in Sungai Rambai. 3)______________

Merlimau Fire and Rescue Station chief Fire Superintendent Masri

Ibrahim said the station receives an emergency call at 4.54pm and arrived 4) _____________

at the scene 16 minutes after. 5) _____________

"The victim had fallen into one of the four sewage tank which are 6) _____________

connected in one large tank full off human waste about 3.7 metres deep. 7) _____________

"We had to pump out halves of the sewage water before the victim was 8) _____________

finded at 5.30pm," he told reporters. 9) _____________

He said the body of the victim were sent to the Muar Hospital for 10) ____________

a post-mortem. Bernama
PETALING JAYA: Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong collecting a big 0) collected

Chinese New Year ang pow after emerged triumphant at the Indian Open 1) _____________

Grand Prix Gold.

The Malaysians, however, had to worked hard for it, coming from 2) _____________

a game down to beating homesters Pranaav Jerry Chopra-Akshay 3)______________

Dewalkar 14-21, 24-22, 21-8 in the mens doubles final in Lucknow in 4) _____________

Sunday.

The Indians, coached by Malaysian Tan Kim Her, had came into 5) _____________

the final high on confidence after beated world No. 7 Kim Gi-jung-Kim 6) _____________

Sa-rang of South Korea on the semi-finals. 7) _____________

Cheered by an boisterous crowd, the Indian world No. 36 pair got 8) _____________

off to a flying start by taken the first game 21-14. 9) _____________

V Shem-Wee Kiong were on the verge of defeat or they managed 10) ____________

to save an match point to force a rubber after taking the second game 24- 11) ____________

22.

It were one-way traffic in the third game as world No. 16 pair held 12) ____________

firm to seal the winning after 61 minutes. 13) ____________

Our opponents was really fast and they read our play very well in 14) ____________

the first game. We couldnt executed our game plan, said Wee Kiong. 15) ____________

Lucky, we came back with a new strategy in the second. We had to slow 16) ____________

down their rhythm but it worked very well. 17) ____________

BANGKOK: A British tourist have been trampled to death by an elephant 0) has

on the Thai tourist island of Koh Samui, police said on Tuesday, the later 1) _____________

deadly attack by animals uses to entertain holidaymakers. 2) _____________

The man, identified by police ass Gareth Crowe, 36, was riding 3)______________

on the animal's back with her daughter on Monday afternoon when it 4) _____________

suddenly throws them off, police said. 5) _____________

"We suspect that the hot weather made the elephant angrily and 6) _____________

that he were not accustomed to his mahout," Paiboon Omark, Samui 7) _____________

district chief, told AFP.

A mahout are the person who trains, controls and rides an 8) _____________

elephant, usually after years of building a close bond and the animal. 9) _____________

Paiboon said Crowe had a prosthetic legs and was unable to run away to 10) ____________

the marauding pachyderm. 11) ____________

His daughter and the mahout, a Myanmar national, was both 12) ____________

injured but escaped and are out off danger, he added. 13) ____________

The elephant, named Golf, was tranquilising and is now under 14) ____________

control, he said. A spokesmen at the British embassy in Bangkok said 15) ____________

they were aware of the incident and were providing assistant to the 16) ____________

victim's family.