SARS: No New Probable Case (24 May)

24 May 2003

Situation Update

There were no new SARS probable cases reported today.

One more patient has been discharged, bringing the total number of patients who have recovered from SARS to 164. Ten patients remained hospitalised, including 5 who are in intensive care.

Suspect and Observation Cases

There were no new suspect or observation cases admitted to TTSH today.

Quarantine Figures*

The quarantine figures are as follows:

#Discharged patients under home quarantine = 486

Contacts under home quarantine = 42

Total under home quarantine orders = 528

*Quarantine cases refer to those who are required to stay at home for precautionary reasons as they may have had contact with a SARS patient. These are healthy individuals.

# This is an added precautionary measure for discharged SARS patients as well as those with co-morbidities.

Summary of SARS Cases

A summary of SARS cases is as follows:

Discharged: 164

Hospitalised: 10 (including 5 in ICU)

Deaths: 31

Probable cases: 206*

Suspect cases: 1

Observation cases: 3

*Includes 1 case who died from non-SARS causes

Travel Advisory

MOH urges the public to heed WHO's advice to postpone travel to Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Tianjin and Taiwan until another time.