Updated: 6th June 2009, 1000 hrs
2 more H1N1 cases here; Patient 12 took MRT to doctor
As Singapore reports two more cases of the H1N1 flu which bring the total here to 14, it's emerged that the 12th confirmed patient took the MRT to see a doctor.
Patient Number 12, an 18-year-old Singaporean male who returned to Singapore from Melbourne last Monday, had first thought to isolate himself from his family by checking into a hotel.
But then, two days later, he went to see the doctor by taking the MRT.
The Health Ministry did not say if commuters who shared the train ride with him were at any risk of exposure.
But the ministry defines close contacts as "persons who have sustained unprotected exposure to the confirmed case for a significant duration".
For example, a close contact is someone who was within a proximity of 2 metres for more than an hour.
Meanwhile, patient number 13 is a 23-year-old Singaporean male who went to Melbourne last Wednesday, and developed symptoms there.
He returned to Singapore on Singapore Airlines SQ238 - seated at Row 40 on Thursday.
The 14th confirmed case is a 22-year-old Singaporean female cabin crew with Singapore Airlines who went to New York on the 24th of May.
She was on the same flight - SQ25, from New York to Frankfurt with three of the earlier confirmed cases.
Both patients have relatively mild symptoms and are in stable condition.
2 more H1N1 cases here; Patient 12 took MRT to doctor
As Singapore reports two more cases of the H1N1 flu which bring the total here to 14, it's emerged that the 12th confirmed patient took the MRT to see a doctor.
Patient Number 12, an 18-year-old Singaporean male who returned to Singapore from Melbourne last Monday, had first thought to isolate himself from his family by checking into a hotel.
But then, two days later, he went to see the doctor by taking the MRT.
The Health Ministry did not say if commuters who shared the train ride with him were at any risk of exposure.
But the ministry defines close contacts as "persons who have sustained unprotected exposure to the confirmed case for a significant duration".
For example, a close contact is someone who was within a proximity of 2 metres for more than an hour.
Meanwhile, patient number 13 is a 23-year-old Singaporean male who went to Melbourne last Wednesday, and developed symptoms there.
He returned to Singapore on Singapore Airlines SQ238 - seated at Row 40 on Thursday.
The 14th confirmed case is a 22-year-old Singaporean female cabin crew with Singapore Airlines who went to New York on the 24th of May.
She was on the same flight - SQ25, from New York to Frankfurt with three of the earlier confirmed cases.
Both patients have relatively mild symptoms and are in stable condition.
