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More flu infections but no spike in severe cases
Tue, May 18, 2010
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MORE people here have been coming down with influenza, probably due to a seasonal increase in flu activity, the Health Ministry said yesterday.
But it has not seen a growing number or proportion of severely ill cases, it added.
The polyclinics saw 17,699 people with acute respiratory infections last week, up from 16,167 in the previous week.
Of these, the proportion of those with flu-like illnesses rose to 5 per cent last week from 3 per cent previously.
The ministry said that flu activity traditionally increases here in January and February; and in May and June.
It said that Influenza A (H1N1) remains the predominant flu strain here and has not mutated significantly, but those pregnant or with underlying medical conditions should get vaccinated to avoid hospitalisation or death.
H1N1 has left 129 people severely ill and killed 25 of them since arriving here in the middle of last year.
Tue, May 18, 2010
my paper
MORE people here have been coming down with influenza, probably due to a seasonal increase in flu activity, the Health Ministry said yesterday.
But it has not seen a growing number or proportion of severely ill cases, it added.
The polyclinics saw 17,699 people with acute respiratory infections last week, up from 16,167 in the previous week.
Of these, the proportion of those with flu-like illnesses rose to 5 per cent last week from 3 per cent previously.
The ministry said that flu activity traditionally increases here in January and February; and in May and June.
It said that Influenza A (H1N1) remains the predominant flu strain here and has not mutated significantly, but those pregnant or with underlying medical conditions should get vaccinated to avoid hospitalisation or death.
H1N1 has left 129 people severely ill and killed 25 of them since arriving here in the middle of last year.
