Singapore prepares for

Influenza's outbreaks

though in Yellow Alert.

Reported By Platinum Butterfly

Additional Report By

Corporative Editor Zhang Xin

During the crisis, all local hospitals had prepared for any emergency even the alert level is in Yellow state. Posters were pasted on walls to tell patients to inform staff if they had been to Mexico, USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand or Israel and other 'infected' countries in the past few days.

The number of deaths in Mexico is still rising and one case of death is also reported in America. The A(H1N1) Influenza although is a new virus with presently no cure, it holds more danger than the SARS outbrek in Singapore and killed 33 people during 2003.

The symptoms, however, is showed after 7 days the virus had started spreading, later than the infection period of SARS. In SARS, a person becomes infectious after a few days of having fever. Influenza A(H1N1) is spread without any symptoms, making it 10 times worse than SARS.

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology is rushing to make a test kit for the virus. On the other hand, travel agencies are cancelling trips to the US.

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Singapore prepares for

Influenza's outbreaks

though in Yellow Alert.

Reported By Platinum Butterfly

Additional Report By

Corporative Editor Zhang Xin

During the crisis, all local hospitals had prepared for any emergency even the alert level is in Yellow state. Posters were pasted on walls to tell patients to inform staff if they had been to Mexico, USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand or Israel and other 'infected' countries in the past few days.

The number of deaths in Mexico is still rising and one case of death is also reported in America. The A(H1N1) Influenza although is a new virus with presently no cure, it holds more danger than the SARS outbrek in Singapore and killed 33 people during 2003.

The symptoms, however, is showed after 7 days the virus had started spreading, later than the infection period of SARS. In SARS, a person becomes infectious after a few days of having fever. Influenza A(H1N1) is spread without any symptoms, making it 10 times worse than SARS.

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology is rushing to make a test kit for the virus. On the other hand, travel agencies are cancelling trips to the US.

Labels: reports