SARS Situation Update - 23 July

23 Jul 2003

The last probable SARS case in Singapore had onset of symptoms on 5 May 2003 and was isolated on 11 May 2003. There has been no new probable SARS cases since.

New suspect cases

There were no new suspect cases admitted to TTSH.

New observation cases

From 16 to 23 July 2003, a total of 6 cases were admitted to TTSH for observation. 4 have been diagnosed as non-SARS cases. The remaining 2 are still warded for observation.

Quarantine Figures

The quarantine figures are as follows:

#Discharged patients under home quarantine = 1

Contacts under home quarantine = 0

Total under home quarantine orders = 1

*Quarantine cases refer to those who are required to stay at home for precautionary reasons as they may have had contact with a SARS patient. These are healthy individuals.

# This is an added precautionary measure for discharged SARS patients as well as those with co-morbidities.

Summary of SARS Cases

A summary of SARS cases is as follows:

Recovered from SARS: 205

Hospitalised: 0

Deaths: 33

Probable cases: 238

Suspect cases: 0

Observation cases: 0

ICU: 0