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Current Alert Status:

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Update on Global Influenza A(H1N1-2009)
Last updated 2 July 09

Latest information

Selected Countries with Confirmed H1N1 Cases


Situational Update of Cases

WHO Update 55: Updated 29 June 2009, 09:00 GMT

Country/ RegionCumulative totalNewly confirmed since the last reporting period
 

Cases

Deaths

Cases

Deaths

Countries/ Regions with community spread and / or known to have exported cases

United States of America #

27717

127

6268

40

Mexico #

8279

116

0

0

Canada #

7775

21

1043

2

Chile #

5186

7

0

0

United Kingdom #

4250

1

653

0

Australia #

4038

7

758

4

Argentina #

1488

23

97

2

Japan

1212

0

163

0

Singapore #

878

0

95

0

 Philippines #

 861

1

416

0

 Hong Kong SAR #

828

0

43

0

 Thailand #

 774

 0

0 

 New Zealand #

 587

0

134

0

Spain #

  541

0

0

0

Panama #

403

0

45

0

Dominican Republic #

108

2

0

0

Indonesia #1

8

0

6

0

Selected countries/ regions with confirmed cases

China2

1442

0

353

0

Germany

366

0

33

0

France

235

0

44

0

Korea, Republic of

202

0

60

0

Italy

112

0

10

0

Malaysia

112

0

44

0

 Vietnam

84

0

21

0

India

64

0

0

0

Switzerland

49

0

2

0


# Countries/ regions with known exported cases
1. Epidemiological investigations have confirmed two imported cases into Singapore with travel history to Indonesia
2. Includes Macau and Hong Kong SAR

See the WHO Influenza A(H1N1) Update 55 to view a full list of reporting countries with laboratory-confirmed cases.

If travel to these areas is unavoidable, we encourage travellers to take the necessary precautionary measures.

Click here to view the precautionary measures.

Singapore has confirmed 95 new cases (784th - 878th case) of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) today, bringing the total tally to 878 confirmed cases. Investigations are on-going for these 95 new cases. Of the 97 cases investigated yesterday, there were 49 local cases and 48 imported cases. To date, 329 patients have been discharged and the rest are recuperating.

For details of the new cases, please refer to the Press Release 


Pandemic Preparedness Clinics (PPC)

What are PPCs?

PPCs or Pandemic Preparedness Clinics are primary healthcare providers that form a vital part of the Health Ministry's Flu Pandemic Response Framework.

PPCs are supported with Personal Protection Equipment and Tamiflu from the national stockpile to help manage the flu outbreak in the community. All polyclinics are also part of the PPC framework. Being located islandwide, PPCs will help ensure easy access to medical assessment and prompt treatment for people with flu-like illnesses.  PPCs have undergone the necessary training to enable them to manage both flu and patients with other health conditions safely. Pandemic Preparedness Clinics (PPCs) can be recognised by the “H1N1 ready” symbol. 

Who should visit PPCs

Members of the public who develop flu-like symptoms or influenza-like illness (e.g. fever, cough, sore-throat, runny nose) can visit the Pandemic Preparedness Clinics (PPC) or polyclinic for initial assessment and treatment.

Doctors would  exercise clinical judgment in prescribing anti-virals (eg Tamiflu) on a case by case basis taking into account patients risk of developing influenza related complications, prevalence of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) in our community and after weighing the risks and benefits of treatment. Depending on the severity of their illness and other risk factors, they may be referred to the hospital for further management. The hospitals will increasingly focus on managing more complex cases.

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The PPCs will be identified with a “H1N1-ready” decal (above).

To locate the nearest PPC, public can go to HPB website (http://www.street-directory.com/hpb.ppc/ ) .

To understand more about PPC, click here for FAQs


Note: * To find out more about the alert status, click here.
As of 30 April 09, WHO will refer to the new influenza virus as Influenza A(H1N1).

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Situation in Singapore

Last updated on 2 July 09

Singapore has confirmed 95 new cases (784th - 878th case) of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) today, bringing the total tally to 878 confirmed cases. Investigations are on-going for these 95 new cases. Of the 97 cases investigated yesterday, there were 49 local cases and 48 imported cases. To date, 329 patients have been discharged and the rest are recuperating.

Click here to view the Press Release.

In Alert Yellow, stringent border controls will still be maintained, with temperature screening at air, land and sea checkpoints.

Measures Implemented:
 

  • Stringent border controls will still be maintained, with temperature screening at air, land and sea checkpoints.
  • However, temperature screening requirements and screening for flu-like symptoms and travel history have been lifted at work places, schools, buildings and events.
  • At healthcare institutions, the current tighter restrictions will continue to be in place for the time being, especially in high risk areas such as A & E and ICU.

Enhanced Flu Surveillance:

MOH has been monitoring the flu situation in Singapore, to identify the strains of flu virus circulating in our community. With the threat of an Influenza A (H1N1-2009) outbreak, MOH has enhanced flu surveillance to include up to 3 times more samples from both the community (i.e. polyclinics and GPs) and tertiary care (i.e. hospitals).

Flu A activity decreased from 17.6% in E-week 23 (7 Jun - 13 Jun) to 15.7% (preliminary) in E-week 24 (14 Jun - 20 Jun).

Based on past trends, there are 2 peaks in flu activity in Singapore, usually in the months of May to June and December to January.

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