A New Zealand woman has been diagnosed as Malaysia's ninth official swine flu victim.
The woman arrived in the country on Friday, on the same flight as a 15-year-old Australian girl who had also been confirmed as a victim, Malaysia's director-general of health Dr Ismail Merican said.
The girl, travelling with her mother, was intercepted at the airport and hospitalised after a fever was detected by a scanner at Kuala Lumpur Airport scanner he told The Star newspaper in Kuala Lumpur.
The New Zealand woman's illness was confirmed after continuing her journey to Penang.
