Singapore confirms 12th H1N1 case
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SINGAPORE: Singapore has confirmed its 12th case of Influenza A (H1N1). The patient is an 18-year-old Singaporean. He went to Melbourne on May 16 and returned on June 1 on Emirates EK405 at 11.50pm. He was seated at row 18. The Health Ministry said he was sent to hospital at about noon on Thursday by ambulance via 993. Laboratory results confirmed his infection at 7.25pm on the same day and he was admitted to the Communicable Disease Centre. Contact tracing has begun. As for the 10th and 11th cases, the ministry said all contacts have been accounted for. For the 10th case, two close contacts on the same flight and another two close household contacts have been identified and served Home Quarantine Orders (HQOs). The patient, a 33-year-old Singaporean female, had travelled to the US from May 23 to 30. The ministry said contact tracing for the 11th patient has also been completed, with four household contacts placed under HQOs. The ministry said since the 19-year-old American student, here to visit a relative, only developed symptoms more than 24 hours after getting off the plane, no contact tracing of flight passengers was needed. This was because she was unlikely to be infectious when on board the plane.
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