New flu cases signal local community spread: Singapore

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Swine flu may have started spreading in Singapore after the city-state confirmed 23 new cases, of which eight had not traveled to affected areas or had known contact with other confirmed cases.

The infections bring Singapore’s total to 126, the Ministry of Health said in a statement late yesterday. The government will continue trying to contain the virus “for as long as it is practical to do so,” it said. “Singaporeans can protect themselves and others by practicing good personal hygiene and being socially responsible,” the ministry said in the statement.

Among the city-state’s new infections was a member of a Philippines youth football team, which is contesting the Asian Youth Games in Singapore, the ministry said.

The other 17 members of the team, and two coaches, have been quarantined, the Straits Times newspaper reported.

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