According to Channelnewsasia:
SINGAPORE: Singapore raises its pandemic alert from yellow to orange on Thursday even though there are no human cases of Mexican swine flu in Singapore.
The Health Ministry (MOH) said it is upgrading its Disease Outbreak Response System Alert as there is a real possibility that such cases may surface in Singapore and the country must be prepared at all fronts to delay its spread here for as long as possible.
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said Singapore is preparing for the need to move the alert level to red. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has moved to raise the pandemic alert phase for the Mexican swine flu outbreaks from Phase 4 to Phase 5.
Read the full article at Channelnewsasia:
- The article goes on to give the following tips
- members of the public who are returning from other affected areas like New York, California, Kansas and Texas in the United States and the state of Nova Scotia in Canada are advised to stay at home for seven days upon return and check themselves for symptoms for Mexican swine flu.
- They should practise social distancing and refrain from joining mass gatherings such as going to the cinemas, shopping malls or supermarkets.
- Those who develop respiratory illness with fever of more than 38 degrees Celsius within seven days after their return should put on a surgical mask, call 993 for an ambulance. They should also disclose their travel histories to their doctors.
- MOH is encouraging schools, workplaces and places of mass gathering to conduct temperature checks routinely. Those with a higher-than-normal temperature should be advised to seek treatment immediately.
Let me add on to the list
- The reason behind the washing of hands is because when someone sneeze or the flu mucus touches his/her hands imagine what will be exposed in public? Railings? Lift Buttons? Anything that the public touches should be treated with extreme caution and wash your hands regularly before touching your FACE like eyes, nose and mouth.
- The flu bug can survive on anything hard surface up to 72 hours
- Avoid crowded location if you are sick
- WEAR a damn mask will ya?
- When you sneeze or have flu, use your arm to cover your mouth instead of using hand because that way your arm won’t touches railings or public places to spread the flu bug.
I do have a friend that recently came back from Mexico and having flu for 2 weeks now but I am not sure if he is joking or not…but anyway I did met him yesterday and he claimed to be not Swine Flu and he knows it’s just normal stress related sickness…..
Well, I am not sick yet hence I think he is fine.
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