Posts Tagged ‘influenza’

Singapore Confirms 1st H1N1 Case

Finally, it is here. (Seems like the site hangs now, har to get in)
SINGAPORE: Singapore has confirmed its first case of Influenza A (H1N1).
The patient is currently being treated at the Communicable Disease Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and is in stable condition.
The patient is a 22-year-old Singaporean woman who was in New [...]

1st A(H1N1) Case In Malaysia, Confirmed

Finally, it comes to Malaysia. When is Singapore’s turn?
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Friday confirmed its first case of the A(H1N1) flu, a 21-year-old student who recently returned from the United States.
In a statement, Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said the young man was hospitalised on Thursday after suffering from fever, sore throat [...]

Afghanistan’s Only Pig Quarantined

Poor piggy, so lonely.
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu.
The pig is a curiosity in Muslim Afghanistan, where pork [...]