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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Medical authorities today reported three more deaths related to Influenza A (H1N1) bringing total fatalities to 18 while another 53 new cases were recorded in the country.

“The situation is very serious. We need the public to cooperate with the authorities to stop the spread of the virus. We can do it if we cooperate,” Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said here.

Among the three new deaths is a five-old-boy suffering from encephalitis who died at the Kuantan Hospital yesterday while another four year-old with hyperthyroidism and pneumonia died the same day at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru. The child had had fever, cough and running nose for a week before seeking treatment last Sunday.

The last death was a 63-year-old asthmatic from Selayang with tuberculosis and pneumonia who died at the Selayang Hospital late Thursday.