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July 4, 2009
H1N1 FLU PANDEMIC
H1N1 flu watch

PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

LATEST H1N1 FLU STORIES FOR JULY 04 2009, SATURDAY

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 IN SINGAPORE

New cases: 95

Total cases: 315

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

Stay home for seven days if you are returning from:

Australia, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, United States, United Kingdom.

From Monday, schools with:

  • Check temperature twice daily
  • suspend assemblies, stagger recess times and scale down CCAs
  • hold classes on hygiene and H1N1
  • screen visitors for fever
  • alert parents to take home students who have fever but have not been to affected areas
  • send students who have affected areas to hospital

Army camps will:

  • Conduct daily temperature check
  • stagger in-camp training and meal times in event of an infection
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