Singapore confirms two more Influenza A/H1N1 cases
www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-05 23:03:02   Print

    SINGAPORE, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Singapore confirmed two more cases of Influenza A/H1N1 on Friday, bringing the number of total cases here to 14.

    According to Singapore's Health Ministry, the 13th confirmed case is a 23-year-old Singaporean male who went to Melbourne on May 27 and returned to Singapore on Singapore Airlines SQ238 on Thursday. He was detected having a fever by the thermal scanner at Changi Airport and was sent to local hospitals on the same day.

    The 14th confirmed case is a 22-year-old Singaporean female who is a cabin crew with Singapore Airlines and went to New York on May 24. She was on the same flight (SQ25) from New York to Frankfurt as three of Singapore's earlier confirmed cases. While these three earlier confirmed cases arrived in Singapore on Monday, she had stopped over at Frankfurt and returned to Singapore one day later on Tuesday. She developed symptoms on Wednesday and was sent to hospital on Thursday.

    The Health Ministry said that laboratory results confirmed the two cases on Friday, adding that both patients have relatively mild symptoms and are in stable condition. The ministry said that contact tracing has been initiated for the two newly confirmed cases.

Editor: Yan
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