June 25, 2009 Thursday
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June 24, 2009
H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK
H1N1 flu watch

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LATEST H1N1 FLU STORIES FOR JUNE 24 2009, WEDNESDAY

'Focused approach': MOE

4 deaths in Canada, total 20

Bartender falls ill

Two more quarantine quarters

450 clinics H1N1 ready

Family recounts stay at CDC

New deaths around the world

Australia reports 3rd flu death

H1N1 flu hits Indonesia

Hawaii teens quarantined

US invests in vaccine method

ALERT LEVELS

WHO ALERT PHASE:  6
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 117  

Confirmed cases: WHO says 46 countries have reported nearly 20,000 cases, mostly in the US and Mexico.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

Singapore's Ministry of Education (MOE) announced targeted measures for schools against H1N1 flu, with e-learning options put in place.

Indonesia confirmed its first H1N1 flu cases: an Indonesian pilot in Jakarta, and a foreign woman in Bali.

A group of 25 high school students from Hawaii, along with their teachers, have been quarantined in South Korea.

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