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03 May 2003
SARS: No new probable cases today
Situation Update
Today, 1 more patient has been discharged, bringing the total number of patients who have recovered from SARS to 147. 30 patients remained hospitalised, of whom 14 are in intensive care.
There are no new probable cases today.
Situation Update of Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre (PPWC)
No new suspect cases were admitted today. 3 (2 visitors and 1 family contact) were discharged today. There are 7 persons who are currently admitted as suspects, comprising 5 visitors and 2 workers at the market.
New Suspect Patients
There were 10 patients who were admitted as new suspect cases today. Of these, 2 had travelled overseas, 2 were inpatients who had been transferred by other hospitals, 1 was a family contact of suspect cases, 5 had no contact history at point of admission.
Quarantine Figures*
The 50-year old Chinese man who broke his home quarantine and visited a neighbouring coffee shop and then absconded after review at TTSH, has been found late last night by the Police. He has been detained at a special isolation facility and will be kept there for the remaining period of his quarantine. His case is being investigated.
Number
#Discharged patients under home quarantine 464
PPWC Quarantine 1997
Contacts under home quarantine 693
Total under home quarantine orders 3154
*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 the SARS cases to date:
Discharged 147
Hospitalised 30 (including 14 in intensive care)
Deaths 26*
Total No. of Probable Cases 203
Total No. of Suspect Cases 60 (including 5 children below 18)
*includes 1 who died from non-SARS cause
Travel advisory
MOH urges the public to heed World Health Organisation (WHO)!|s advice to postpone travel to Hong Kong, Guangdong, Beijing, Shanxi until another time.
We would also like to advise the public to avoid travel to other SARS affected areas !V Taiwan and Mongolia, unless absolutely necessary.
Public Education Message for the Day
When you are sick or have fever, do not infect others. Wear a surgical mask
Do
- See a doctor
- Wear a surgical mask in public (when on the way to see doctor, using public transport, or in waiting areas of GPs)
Don't
- Don't go to work
- Don't go to school
- Don't go to crowded places
- Don't share personal items (eg. towels, shavers, toothbrushes) or food with others.