Friday, May 29, 2009
Singapore has confirmed its first case of Influenza A (H1N1).
The pandemic is sweeping across Asia.Nabei, not right time either, I'm having flu right now.Shall go see a doctor tomorrow, considerate abit.
Walao, D: You fat pig why fly till Singapore.Stay in Mexico man! Oh well, it's swine "flew" anyway.
Now I believe, pigs can fly.A DAY after Singapore's first H1N1 case was detected, three more patients have tested positive for the same flu virus.
The man and two women, who touched down in Singapore on different flights from the United States over the past few days, have been admitted to the Communicable Disease Centre.
Among the new cases:
~A Singaporean man, 28, who returned from Chicago via Hong Kong on Monday on United Airlines Flight UA 895. He became unwell on the same day.
~An American woman, 28, who works in Singapore. She arrived on Tuesday from Honolulu, Hawaii, via Tokyo on Flight UA 803 and was unwell.
~A Filipino woman, 43, a permanent resident (PR) here who returned from San Francisco via Manila on Tuesday on Singapore Airlines Flight SQ 917.
They have relatively mild symptoms and are stable, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. It is in the process of tracking down those in close contact with them, including passengers on the same flight, so they can be quarantined and given the antiviral drug Tamiflu.
The 22-year-old undergraduate who was first found to have H1N1 on Tuesday after returning from New York is also doing well and her fever is going down, The Straits Times understands.
Because the virus is likely mild, the cases here have so far been isolated, and there has been no spread within the community, Singapore's alert level has not been raised.
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan had said on Wednesday that even if there were people who contracted the flu here and the World Health Organisation raised its alert level to six, which signals a pandemic, Singapore would still remain on yellow alert if the virus remained mild.
The H1N1 bug, first discovered in Mexico last month, has since spread to more than 13,000 people in 48 countries. Mexico, the US and Canada have been hardest hit.
SO PEOPLE PLEASE BE CAREFUL .
Zi Xiang wrote this @
11:53 PM
Singapore has confirmed its first case of Influenza A (H1N1).
