Singapore confirms 6 more H1N1 cases bringing total to 27 so far
SINGAPORE: Singapore has confirmed six more H1N1 cases. Five of them are children between the ages of three and 15.
Two of them, aged six and seven, are Australian siblings from Melbourne, travelling in a family of five on holiday.
The sixth case is the mother of the three—year—old boy, both of whom are Singaporean.
The mother and son had gone to Melbourne on holiday on June 3. Another boy, a 12—year—old Singaporean studying in Melbourne returned via Perth on a Tiger Airways flight at 2am on June 8. He later developed symptoms on the evening of June 10.
All travellers had arrived from Melbourne since June 8 except the 15—year—old boy who’s a Singaporean studying in the United States.
These cases bring the total number of confirmed cases in Singapore to 27.
The Health Ministry has initiated contact tracing for all six cases on the following flights:
— 51 to 55 on Qantas Airways QF9 from Melbourne at 2115 hours on June 11
— 30 to 34 on Japan Airlines JL711 from San Francisco via Tokyo at 0030 hours on June 11
— 31 to 35 on Singapore Airlines SQ228 from Melbourne at 2140 hours on June 9.
Those who have not been contacted by the Health Ministry yet should call its hotline at 1800—333—9999.
The ministry said that two patients, the eighth and 16th cases have been discharged bringing the total number of discharged patients to 15.
The remaining 12 patients, that are the 15th and the 17th to 27th cases, are still in hospital and are in a stable condition. — CNA/vm
