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Posted: 27-May-2009 12:24 hrs
Health screening officers monitor passengers through a thermal scanner at the Changi International Airport in Singapore in April. A 22-year-old Singaporean woman who returned from New York has tested positive for swine flu, in the city-state's first confirmed case, the Ministry of Health said. A 22-year-old Singaporean woman who returned from New York has tested positive for swine flu, in the city-state's first confirmed case, the Ministry of Health said.
"Singapore has confirmed its first case of influenza A(H1N1)," the ministry said in a statement.
It said the patient was being treated at a communicable disease centre and was in a stable condition.
The woman was in New York from May 14-24, returning on a Singapore Airlines flight on Tuesday, during which she developed a cough.
She passed the thermal scanner at the airport because she was not feverish but consulted a doctor later in the day and was referred to a hospital that handles suspected swine flu cases.
The ministry said she was admitted for tests, which confirmed the disease.
It said officials were trying to track down people she had come in close contact with. They will be quarantined and provided with antiviral medication.
The ministry also urged passengers who sat next to the woman on the flight from New York to call a telephone hotline.
Singapore, a small and open city-state dependent on trade and tourism, has rolled out strict measures to deal with swine flu, taking lessons from its fight against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003. — AFP
From TODAYOnline.com – Top Stories, Wednesday, 27-May-2009; see the source article here.
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