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1st Confirm Case of Swine Flu in Hong Kong

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Silver_blade

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I feel it's just a matter of time that major cities have their 1st case. So many people enter the countries...how to avoid? Like what our minister said....avoid for as long as possible.

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Babyt

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its irony CNA is still referring the flu as 'swine flu' when WHO has redefined it as Influence A H1N1

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Weixiang_2008

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Hearsay spore kena, tmr news will broadcast. Hope its not true

 

haiz.. can wait till after vesak day? i still go to enjoy my vesak day... [rolleyes]

i know its only a matter of time..

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I had booked for holiday to Shanghai on June, now has to see the situation

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Hearsay spore kena, tmr news will broadcast. Hope its not true

Was it the 1 case that is pending laboratory investigations...one of the 3 tested positive for the usual circulating seasonal strains of Influenza A?

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Weixiang_2008

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ok sg kenna, my dept will be closed..all work from home YEAH!!!!

 

yeah your stupid head lah.... [furious] if singapore got it, it would be worst than SARS....

 

seriously, i hope singapore will not kenna...

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I had booked for holiday to Shanghai on June, now has to see the situation

 

seriously, if i were you... i would avoid travelling.. my parents aborted their travelling plans this may....

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Babyt

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actually pigs/birds quite poor thing...everytime got outbreak, mass culling occured and all these lives were killed as easy as 1 2 3.

 

and the worst is...swine flu does not originated from pigs and yet some countries are culling them...

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bird flu, kill birds, chicken flu, kill chickens, duck flu, kill ducks, now swine flus, kill pigs..

 

Human flu, kill human? Juz kidding

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its the way we raise them for our food consumptions.

 

we like to keep them in very dirty and cramp environments, and feed them with some by-products from other animals and other rubbish plus loads of chemicals and antibiotics and steriods.

 

How to not get sick???

 

imagine 1000 people are cramped into a football field space and we are forced to eat rubbish everyday. We sh*t and pee there also...... in no time, the 1000 people will get all sorts of diseases and sickness.

 

if people can get sick in this kind of environment, animals will also get the same results.

 

Its high time those bloody so called highly education people sitting in WHO and other health organisations start thinking on passing tough laws on the way we keep animals.

 

One day we dun change, one day we will continue to get all these strange sicknesses.

 

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Singapore kenna leow meh?? Where was the report?

 

Update on Influenza A (H1N1-2009) (1 May)

 

01 May 2009

 

As of 1 May 09, there are no human cases of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) in Singapore. Our Disease Outbreak Response System Alert status is currently ORANGE and precautionary measures are in full swing to forestall its spread to Singapore for as long as possible.

 

Situational Update of Cases

 

2. As of 1 May 2009, there have been 156 confirmed cases of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) reported in Mexico (with 9 deaths), 109 in the United States (with 1 death), 34 in Canada, 13 in Spain, 8 in United Kingdom, 3 in Germany, 3 in New Zealand, 2 in Israel, 1 in Austria, 1 in the Netherlands and 1 in Switzerland.

 

3. In Singapore, the one pending case as reported yesterday has tested negative for Influenza A. We had 3 additional cases for investigations today. Of the 25 cases investigated thus far, 21 cases have tested negative for Influenza A, 3 tested positive for the usual circulating seasonal strains of Influenza A, and 1 is pending laboratory investigations.

 

ENHANCED SURVEIILLANCE

 

4. Those with a travel history to Mexico over the past seven days will be issued a home quarantine order (HQO) which will require them to be quarantined for seven days when they enter Singapore. This will take effect from Monday (4 May 09), so as to give those affected more time to react and prepare for the impact of the HQO. In the interim, we will conduct phone notification and surveillance for those who have arrived from Mexico in the past 7 days. Should evidence arise that other countries besides Mexico are exporting cases, MOH will also consider imposing similar conditions for travellers from those areas

 

5 Members of the public who are returning from other areas with evidence of community transmission of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) (i.e. states of New York, California, Kansas and Texas in the United States and the state of Nova Scotia in Canada) are advised to stay at home for seven days upon return and check themselves for symptoms of flu-like illness. They should refrain from joining mass gatherings, e.g. going to the cinemas, shopping malls, or supermarkets etc. Those who develop respiratory illness with fever (temperature > 38C) within seven days after their return should put on a surgical mask and call 993 for an ambulance. They should also disclose their travel histories to their doctors.

 

Advice from MOH

 

6 Under the ORANGE alert state, the number of visitors to hospitals would be restricted to one visitor per patient. This will help facilitate contact tracing and will reduce potential exposure of the Influenza A (H1N1-2009) virus.

 

7 Members of the public are strongly advised to postpone or avoid non-essential travel to Mexico and affected areas. In the event that travel is unavoidable, the public is advised to take precautionary measures such as avoiding crowded areas and maintaining high standards of personal hygiene at all times.

 

8 MOH advises the public to maintain high standards of personal hygiene, such as washing hands frequently with soap and water, especially after contact with respiratory secretions (e.g. after sneezing and coughing). Those who are unwell with respiratory illness should stay at home and wear a surgical mask if possible.

 

9 MOH is monitoring the situation closely and will update the public should there be any new developments. For more information on Influenza A (H1N1-2009), please access MOH

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