May 27, 2009 Wednesday
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May 27, 2009
H1N1 flu outbreak
H1N1 flu watch

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ALERT LEVELS

WHO ALERT PHASE:  5
Widespread human infection

MOH ALERT SYSTEM: YELLOW

Risk of import into Singapore elevated. Isolated imported cases may occur but there is no sustained transmission.

SUSPECTED AND CONFIRMED CASES

Deaths: Global total of 92  

Confirmed cases: WHO says 46 countries have reported nearly 13,000 cases, mostly in the US and Mexico.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

Singapore has confirmed its first swine flu case. The patient is a 22-year-old female Singapore who just returned from New York.

South Korea confirmed two more cases of swine flu, raising the country's total number of people infected with the virus to 29.

Two children who last week flew to Japan from the Philippines are infected with the A(H1N1) flu virus, Japanese officials said on Wednesday. Japan had confirmed more than 350 swine flu cases by early Wednesday.

An Australian state hit hardest by H1N1 virus will carry out mass vaccinations for people suspected of having so-called swine flu as the country's total number of confirmed cases near-doubled to 59.

LATEST H1N1 FLU STORIES FOR MAY 27 2009, WEDNESDAY

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