The man and two women, who touched down in Singapore on different flights from the United States over the past few days, have been admitted to the Communicable Disease Centre. -- ST PHOTO: WONG MAYE-E
A DAY after Singapore's first H1N1 case was detected, three more patients have tested positive for the same flu virus.
The man and two women, who touched down in Singapore on different flights from the United States over the past few days, have been admitted to the Communicable Disease Centre.
14 foreigners at Aloha resort
Fourteen foreigners are now quarantined at the Aloha Loyang Resort. They are among 63 travellers who have been served home quarantine orders since May 4. Of these, 32 have already completed their quarantine.
The group now at Aloha includes the maid of Singapore's first Influenza A (H1N1) patient, a 22-year-old undergraduate who returned from New York on Tuesday. The maid began her seven-day quarantine on Wednesday.
A Singaporean man, 28, who returned from Chicago via Hong Kong on Monday on United Airlines Flight UA 895. He became unwell on the same day.
An American woman, 28, who works in Singapore. She arrived on Tuesday from Honolulu, Hawaii, via Tokyo on Flight UA 803 and was unwell.
A Filipino woman, 43, a permanent resident (PR) here who returned from San Francisco via Manila on Tuesday on Singapore Airlines Flight SQ 917.
They have relatively mild symptoms and are stable, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. It is in the process of tracking down those in close contact with them, including passengers on the same flight, so they can be quarantined and given the antiviral drug Tamiflu.
The 22-year-old undergraduate who was first found to have H1N1 on Tuesday after returning from New York is also doing well and her fever is going down, The Straits Times understands.
Because the virus is likely mild, the cases here have so far been isolated, and there has been no spread within the community, Singapore's alert level has not been raised.
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan had said on Wednesday that even if there were people who contracted the flu here and the World Health Organisation raised its alert level to six, which signals a pandemic, Singapore would still remain on yellow alert if the virus remained mild.
The H1N1 bug, first discovered in Mexico last month, has since spread to more than 13,000 people in 48 countries. Mexico, the US and Canada have been hardest hit.
