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Saturday, June 6, 2009

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The Ministry of Health has confirmed another H1N1 case, bringing the total to 15 cases so far. The latest case is a 39-year-old Indonesian woman who is the aunt of an earlier case. She went to Changi Airport to fetch her niece who returned from New York via Frankfurt on Monday. When the niece developed symptoms on Tuesday, the aunt brought her to Raffles Hospital by taxi. The aunt had been on home quarantine and was given medication, but laboratory results confirmed on Saturday that she has been infected with the H1N1 virus. She has mild symptoms and is in stable condition.Three of her family members have already been placed on Home Quarantine Order.

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It's been six weeks since the World Health Organization sounded the alert on the Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak and there's been no evidence of communal spread of the virus in Singapore yet. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said this is an achievement. As the number of infected individuals remain small, he said the Health Ministry will go all out to track every person who has been in contact with the patients. Speaking at the 60th anniversary celebration of medical social work service held at Changi General Hospital on Saturday, he urged Singaporeans to remain vigilant and practise good hygiene to keep the virus at bay. He said a good team of doctors from the public sector and scientists have been assembled under the charge of Director of Medical Services, Professor K Satku, to analyse the H1N1 influenza samples from the 14 H1N1 patients in Singapore. Their results will help determine if the virus in Singapore is behaving like the H1N1 bug that has been spreading elsewhere in the world. Mr Khaw said: "Every week that we earn without a community spread, it is useful because vaccines will eventually be produced. You shorten the time waiting for a vaccine, but let's be mentally prepared that sooner or later, there will be a community spread - not only in Singapore but all other places."

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One in five primary school students are victims of school bullies while 25% of secondary school students get bullied, according to statistics from the Singapore Children's Society. In an ongoing effort to curb this problem, the society is working together with school teachers, parents and students to build a no-bullying culture in schools. The society said a school-based approach requires the entire school community to work together with students, parents and teachers, sharing a common vision to build a safe and bully-free school environment. Speaking at the Bully-Free Forum on Saturday, Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Mrs Yu, said parents and teachers play a crucial role in helping children who are bullied and in ensuring that children do not become bullies. The Education Ministry has developed a Bullying Management Kit for all full-time school counsellors to manage the problems faced by both victims and their bullies.

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MH signed @ 11:59 PM