LATEST H1N1 FLU STORIES FOR JUNE 25 2009,THURSDAY

Flu on cruise ship in Spain
4 more deaths in Argentina
Flu hits Vanuatu
1st cases confirmed in Iraq
3 more US students have flu
Tally rises by 123 in 2 days
Japanese cases hit 1,000
Polyclinics ready to handle flu
CIMB sends brokers home
Contact tracing in seconds
RP: Stay away for a week
SAF to safeguard camps
Some parents caught unawares
Two more quarantine quarters
One in five won't be detected
Asian Youth Games will go on

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.

Cambodia, confirmed its first flu case, an American student who arrived in Phnom Penh

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