Saturday, May 30, 2009

19 home quarantine orders served in relation to H1N1 virus

By Zhang Tingjun, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 30 May 2009 2306 hrs

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SINGAPORE: To date, 119 H1N1 related home quarantine orders (HQO) have been issued by the Health Ministry.

The ministry said a total of 38 HQOs were served before the first confirmed H1N1 case.

And of these 38, six people are still being quarantined at home.

The ministry said 25 HQOs have been served in relation to the first confirmed case. 10 are Singaporeans and the other 15 are foreigners.

One of the Singaporeans and 14 foreigners are serving their HQOs at the Aloha resort.

All of them are well and their HQOs will expire on Tuesday.

In relation to second, third and fourth confirmed cases,12 HQOs have been served while 44 others are currently being served.

Of those served orders, four are Singaporeans and eight are foreigners.

All are quarantined at home and are well.

Their HQOs will expire between Sunday and Wednesday.

Of those currently being served orders, 17 are Singaporeans and 27 foreigners. - CNA/vm

From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.

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