Two more cases confirmed
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June 6, 2009 by fluoutbreak
AsiaOne health
The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed two more cases of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) today. This brings the total of confirmed cases in Singapore to 14.
The 13th patient is a 23-year-old Singaporean male who returned to Singapore from Melbourne on Singapore Airlines SQ238 (Row 40) on 4 Jun at 4:11 pm.
The 14th patient, a 22-year-old Singaporean female who is a cabin crew with Singapore Airlines, was on the same flight (SQ25) from New York to Frankfurt as three of the earlier confirmed cases; the 7th case involving a 30-year-old Australian male tourist who was seated at row 54, the 10th case – a 33-year-old Singaporean woman seated at row 14, and the 11th case involving an 18-year-old American female visitor who was seated at row 57.
Unlike the three previous cases however, she had stopped over at Frankfurt and only returned to Singapore on June 2 at 6:30 in the morning.
According to SIA, she had been removed from the roster upon returning to Singapore. The rest of the cabin members who were on the same flight are also grounded for seven days.
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