First Case of Swine Flu in Singapore

May 27, 2009 Rene Modery Singapore No Comments

The swine flu has reached Singapore, as just reported:

 SINGAPORE has confirmed its first case of Influenza A (H1N1), the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
The patient is a 22 year-old Singaporean woman who was in New York from May 14 to 24. She arrived back in Singapore from New York on SQ25 on Tuesday at 6.30 am.

She began to develop a cough while onboard. She passed the thermal scanner uneventfully as she did not have fever then. Later in the morning, she consulted a GP who decided to send her to TTSH via a 993 ambulance, given her travel history. She was immediately admitted for testing.

Laboratory confirmation of her infection was made at midnight on Tuesday. The patient is currently being treated at the Communicable Disease Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and is in stable condition.

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_382278.html

Rene Modery

Having worked with SharePoint since 2007, Rene has been involved in and responsible for two Asia Pacific wide SharePoint implementations. Equipped with a Master’s degree in Information Systems and various relevant certifications, Rene keeps a keen interest in technology and how it can provide solutions to common problems, but also looks at the "business side of IT". He lives in Singapore with his wife and two cats.

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