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Health screening officers monitor passengers through a thermal scanner at the Changi International AirportSINGAPORE: Singapore has confirmed one more case of Influenza A (H1N1) flu.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 18.
The 18th case is a 36-year-old Filipino female who works in Singapore.
She returned to Singapore from Manila on Philippine Airlines PR501 at 1835 hours on June 8. She was seated at Row 6.
The woman was admitted to the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) for further assessment on the afternoon of June 9.
Laboratory results confirmed her infection at 1645 hours on June 9.
She has relatively mild symptoms and is in stable condition.
The Health Ministry has started contact tracing.
Passengers within Rows 4 to 8 on PR501 on June 8 who have not been contacted should call the MOH hotline at 1800-333 9999.
All close contacts identified will be quarantined and provided with Tamiflu.
To date, 10 patients have been discharged - the first to sixth cases and the ninth to 12th cases.
There are eight patients still in hospital and their conditions are stable. - CNA/ms
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
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