As of 18 June 2009, Singapore has confirmed 77 H1N1 flu cases.
(source :www.crisis.gov.sg/NR/rdonlyres/D4985A06-E928-4B4E-9A0B-938EDBC88860/24472/H1N1PR18June.pdf )
To say that this is no issue at all is deceiving. The June school break will be over quite soon. All students will be back to school with many have travelled overseas for their holidays. This fasten the spread of the virus.
It seems that some flu victims developed symptoms a few days later after returning from overseas. During that well period, they resumed their daily activities which include working, shopping, eating out, meeting friends and other family members etc. When the symptoms appear, we do not know how many people have come into contact and thus contact tracing becomes very difficult.
There is simply no sign for this virus to be contained and controlled. With the winter season approaching in the southern hemisphere, scientists have mentioned that this virus likely to mutate and become even more potentially dangerous.
What sort of world are we living now?
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