About A (H1N1) Virus

Reported By Tainted Angel

Additional Report by Zhang Xin

Up to now, there are an estimated 90 deaths globally and 11050 confirmed cases in about 42 countries.

Four Singaporeans are quarantined in Tibet as an Italian woman in their tour group has shown symptoms of Influenza A in a H1N1 check, a high fever. The group, which has 20 members, have been quarantined in Zhangmu, a Tibetan town near the Nepali border since Saturday. The group was supposed to be released on Tuesday after the woman's blood test result was out. However, the result did not prove negative and was sent to Beijing for more advanced testing. Channel News Asia questioned one of the Singaporeans, who was supposedly named Mr Lim. He said that he was unsure how long they would be quarantined. "A Chinese official just came by and he wanted to move us to a new hotel, but over the past few days, they kept feeding us with the wrong information, either that, or they don’t give us any information. So all of us didn’t want to move away from this hotel." he stated.

Singapore’s Foreign Ministry claims it has been in touch with the four Singaporeans and has been rendering the necessary consular assistance. No one else from the tour group has shown any symptoms of the H1N1 virus, but Ms Anna Husarskar, says that things were 'completely inefficient' as they had to "wait half a day for the ambulance to come and take them to the hotel, and another day and a half for the doctor to arrive, “China has four confirmed cases of the virus-the latest of a 59 year old man who was stopped while trying to enter a train with a fever. Japan has been hit hard-180 confirmed cases. Most of them were reported to be teenagers and children. More than 4400 schools and universities are to be closed. As the flu virus is not growing very fast in laboratories, instead of the previously estimated late this month, a vaccine will only be released at mid-July at the earliest.

In Tokyo, Japan, a 16-year-old school girl was tested to be positive for the H1N1 virus and had just come back from New York. Even the cases of the new strain of virus had risen to about 260 as of late yesterday; the Japan Health Ministry decided to stop the tight measures to quarantine those travellers from the European and affected countries, as they claimed that those measures are stressing the people. The reasons to stop those measures? The response is that they think that the death rate of the H1N1 virus aren't strong, and there was no cases of death reported there as of press time.

Up to now, there are an estimated 90 deaths globally and 11050 confirmed cases in about 42 countries.

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About A (H1N1) Virus

Reported By Tainted Angel

Additional Report by Zhang Xin

Up to now, there are an estimated 90 deaths globally and 11050 confirmed cases in about 42 countries.

Four Singaporeans are quarantined in Tibet as an Italian woman in their tour group has shown symptoms of Influenza A in a H1N1 check, a high fever. The group, which has 20 members, have been quarantined in Zhangmu, a Tibetan town near the Nepali border since Saturday. The group was supposed to be released on Tuesday after the woman's blood test result was out. However, the result did not prove negative and was sent to Beijing for more advanced testing. Channel News Asia questioned one of the Singaporeans, who was supposedly named Mr Lim. He said that he was unsure how long they would be quarantined. "A Chinese official just came by and he wanted to move us to a new hotel, but over the past few days, they kept feeding us with the wrong information, either that, or they don’t give us any information. So all of us didn’t want to move away from this hotel." he stated.

Singapore’s Foreign Ministry claims it has been in touch with the four Singaporeans and has been rendering the necessary consular assistance. No one else from the tour group has shown any symptoms of the H1N1 virus, but Ms Anna Husarskar, says that things were 'completely inefficient' as they had to "wait half a day for the ambulance to come and take them to the hotel, and another day and a half for the doctor to arrive, “China has four confirmed cases of the virus-the latest of a 59 year old man who was stopped while trying to enter a train with a fever. Japan has been hit hard-180 confirmed cases. Most of them were reported to be teenagers and children. More than 4400 schools and universities are to be closed. As the flu virus is not growing very fast in laboratories, instead of the previously estimated late this month, a vaccine will only be released at mid-July at the earliest.

In Tokyo, Japan, a 16-year-old school girl was tested to be positive for the H1N1 virus and had just come back from New York. Even the cases of the new strain of virus had risen to about 260 as of late yesterday; the Japan Health Ministry decided to stop the tight measures to quarantine those travellers from the European and affected countries, as they claimed that those measures are stressing the people. The reasons to stop those measures? The response is that they think that the death rate of the H1N1 virus aren't strong, and there was no cases of death reported there as of press time.

Up to now, there are an estimated 90 deaths globally and 11050 confirmed cases in about 42 countries.

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