H1N1 Update

This update comes while I am still on leave. As such, I am not able to provide further information on what new directives have been adopted by the hospital.

However, on the national front, the news is that there are a number of clusters of cases which impress that there is a community outbreak - and one which is ongoing - for an indefinite period. The total number of cases in Singapore stands at 220 with 26 new cases from yesterday's report.

What's hot in the news is the possibility that some schools will be closed if the the number of infections are significantly high. The present measures are as follows:

Alert level: YELLOW
Stay at 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 29 June 2009, schools will:
- check temperature twice daily
- suspend assemblies
- stagger recess times
- scale down co-curricular activities
- hold classes on hygiene and H1N1
- screen visitors for fever
- alert parents to take students home who have fever but have not been to affected countries
- send students who have fever and have visited affected areas to hospital

Appreciate if anyone in the office could provide an update on what's happening over in the hospital.

Thanks =: