Singapore confirms first case of H1N1.

Singapore confirms first case of H1N1.

Posted: 27 May 2009 1033 hrs

SINGAPORE: Singapore has confirmed its first case of Influenza A (H1N1).

The patient, a 22-year-old Singapore Management University student, is currently being treated at the Communicable Disease Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and is in stable condition.

The Singaporean woman was in New York from May 14-24. She arrived back in Singapore from New York on SQ25 on 26 May at 6.30am. She was seated at Row 55.

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 by midnight of 26 May.

The patient has been vigilant in monitoring her own condition and had sought immediate medical attention once she realized that she was unwell.

Her attending GP, through his quick response in activating the 993 ambulance for the patient, had also helped to minimize the spread of infection from this case.

The Health Ministry says it has initiated contact tracing of her close contacts. They will be quarantined and provided with antiviral prophylaxis.

Passengers who had travelled in the same flight and were seated in rows 52 to 58 are urged to call the hotline at 1800-333 9999 to enable the MOH to check on their health condition.

The MOH adds that all medical practitioners and healthcare institutions should continue to be vigilant to suspect cases.

Singapore will continue with temperature screening for passengers entering Singapore at all checkpoints (land, sea and air).

All passengers passing through or entering Singapore are given Health Alert Notices on board their flights, advising them to monitor their own health if they have been to affected areas and to seek medical attention immediately if they are not well.

Singaporeans are reminded to maintain high standards of personal hygiene. This means covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when you sneeze or cough, and washing your hand frequently with soap and water, especially after contact with respiratory secretions, for example, after sneezing and coughing.

Everyone also needs to be socially responsible. This means staying home and avoiding crowded places (including trains, buses, offices), putting on a surgical mask and seeing a doctor if you have flu symptoms.

MOH advises those who traveled to affected areas to closely monitor their health and seek treatment as soon as possible should they develop symptoms.

Members of the public are also advised to exercise caution over travel to affected areas.

In the event that travel is unavoidable, the public is advised to take precautionary measures such as avoiding crowded areas and maintaining high standards of personal hygiene at all times.

However, if you are unwell with fever and cough but have no travel history to affected areas, you are also advised to see a doctor and stay at home.

MOH is monitoring the situation closely and will update the public should there be any new developments.

For more information on Influenza A (H1N1-2009), you can access MOH's website at www.moh.gov.sg, call MOH's hotline at 1800-333 9999, or visit www.flu.gov.sg.

Today go salon

Today must go salon, hair dye, treatment, Friday passover. This wednesday go SGH, review my son medical report

Singapore, The Cleanest City in the World

You can be fined or arrested for spitting, littering, or selling chewing gum in one of the cleanest places in the world, Singapore. The Christian Broadcasting Network See more from CBN News at ht...
You can be fined or arrested for spitting, littering, or selling chewing gum in one of the cleanest places in the world, Singapore.

British colony of Singapore in 1938

A tour of the British colony of Singapore in 1938.Footage from this film is available for licensing from www.globalimageworks.com

Mas Selamat outfit

Mas Selamat was last seen wearing this...

On Day 7 of the manhunt for fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari, police revealed that he was last seen in a greenish grey baju kurong.

While the former leader of the Singapore network of Jemaah Islamiah could have changed his clothing or appearance after being on the run for almost a week, the authorities hope that images of the clothes will nudge the public to keep their eyes and ears open and report to the cops if they chance upon any such discarded clothes.

Mas Selamat can hold out indefinitely: experts

By Teh Joo Lin

A Gurkha traverses the dense vegetation at the Bukit Timah nature reserve. The most verdant spots for a prolonged hideout include places like Mandai, Yishun, Lim Chu Kang and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (above), say experts. -- ST PHOTO: EDWIN KOO IF FUGITIVE Mas Selamat Kastari is holed up in one of Singapore's sprawling forests, chances are he can hold out almost indefinitely, according to survival experts. They say the country's most wanted man could dine on an array of fruits, plant shoots and small animals while he hides from authorities' waging the biggest manhunt in Singapore history. The comments come as police and special forces scour jungles across the island in search of Mas Selamat. The reputed head of a local Jemaah Islamiah terror cell broke out of a detention centre on Whitley Road last Wednesday and authorities believe he is still on the island. The most verdant spots for a prolonged hideout include places like Mandai, Yishun, Lim Chu Kang and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, say experts. Retired trainer of the Singapore Armed Forces commando soldiers, Mr Tamiselvam, 57, said there are wild fruit, coconut and palm tree shoots, and tropical plants in Mandai. Small animals, like iguana, snakes and flying squirrels could also be caught for meat, said Mr Tami. Yishun is rife with coastal food like sea shells, he added. As well, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is rich in edible plants and fish, said a former chairman at the Nature Society (Singapore), Mr Sutari Supari, 57. 'All the fern shoots, like bird's nest ferns, and all the freshwater fish in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve are edible,' he said. 'Whatever you see the hornbills, monkeys and squirrels eating, it's safe to eat,' he said. The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve was the site of day six of the massive search for Mas Selamat. Tuesday saw the security forces trekking up Singapore's highest peak - the 164-metre Bukit Timah hill. At 8am, joggers and students on a hike were greeted by the sight of about 300 officers from the Special Operations Command (SOC) and over 200 Nepalese Gurkhas searching the undergrowth and tunnels of the reserve. Passing vehicles, including school buses, were also checked. The manhunt started on Hindhede Road and ended at Dairy Farm Road, but turned up nothing. Read the full report in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times. Check if hides at seletar island, pulau ubin, nearby Singapore island

Singapore Zoo is to keep its male polar bear

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Zoo is to keep its male polar bear, despite criticism from an animal rights group that the Arctic animal should not stay in a tropical climate, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The Straits Times said managers had reversed a decision, taken last year, to move 16-year-old polar bear Inuka to a zoo in a temperate climate when his mother, Sheba, dies.

Executive director Fanny Lai told the paper the zoo was advised to keep Inuka by its Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee, which said moving him after the death of his mother would cause further stress.

Sheba is now 30, past the average life span of 25 years for polar bears in captivity.

"He's a Singapore boy and is well-adjusted to the conditions here," Tommy Koh, a former chairman of the committee, was quoted as saying.

Animal Concerns Research and Education Society, a local animal rights group, has said living conditions in Singapore -- just 140 km (85 miles) north of the Equator -- were not suitable for polar bears, citing the hot climate and a small enclosure at the zoo.

According to the Straits Times, 67 percent of more than 5,300 people polled in Singapore did not want Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, to leave the city-state.

Singapore Zoo has said that it will not bring any more polar bears into the country.

We live in Singapore Song - Mr. Brown Show

We live in Singapore song - Mr.Brown show
Hossan Leong singing in the old parliament building

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch-z5s2JabY

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs12/f/2006/317/3/f/SINGAPULA.swf