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30 Apr 2003
Situation Update
Today, 2 more patients have been discharged, bringing the total number of patients who have recovered from SARS to 141. 35 patients remained hospitalised, of whom 15 are in intensive care. No new probable cases were reported today.
There is one SARS death reported today, involving a 25-year-old male foreign nurse from the Orange Valley Nursing Home. He was admitted to TTSH on 6 Apr as a probable case, in view of the fact that he was a healthcare worker and may have come into contact with a SARS patient.
Situation Update of Pasir Panjang Wholesale Market (PPWM)
Five suspect admitted in relation to the PPWM were discharged today. They consist of one worker and 4 visitors to the market. In addition, there was one death due to non-SARS cause involving a 82-year-old woman. She was a family member of a suspect SARS case.
There was one new suspect case, who was a visitor to the PPWM. To date, there are 8 suspects related to the PPWM who are in hospital. They include 7 visitors to the market and a family member.
Suspect SARS Patients
There were 17 patients who were admitted as new suspect cases today. Of these, 13 had been on daily surveillance or home quarantine. The remaining 4 included 2 travellers who travelled overseas, one visitor to the PPWM during the period of 5 - 19 April 03 and one where a contact history has not been established yet.
Two other travellers were picked up through thermal scanning at the airport.
i. Passenger One who resides in Hongkong arrived in Singapore on SQ859 at 5 pm on 27 Apr. He was sent from the airport to TTSH, where he was admitted. He has been classified as a suspect SARS case.
ii. Passenger Two was in Shanghai for three weeks prior to his arrival in Singapore on MU 545 at 9.04 pm on 27 Apr. He was picked up at the Airport through thermal screening and was admitted to TTSH on the same day. He is diagnosed as a suspect SARS case.
There had been another passenger, who had already been reported as a probable SARS case on 26 Apr. He is a Singaporean male who had travelled to Jakarta on 18 Apr. His mother was admitted to TTSH on 19 Apr and diagnosed as a probable SARS case on 22 Apr. He returned to Singapore on GA 828 on 22nd April at 5.40 pm. That night, he had a fever. He was admitted to TTSH and was diagnosed to have probable SARS on 26 Apr.
Active contact tracing has been in progress for all three cases, and as a precautionary measure, HQOs are being served to passengers on these three flights.
Quarantine Figures*
#Discharged patients under home quarantine: 419
PPWC Quarantine: 1,946
Contacts under home quarantine: 525
Total under home quarantine orders: 2,890
*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: 141
Hospitalised: 35 (including 15 in intensive care)
Deaths: 24+1 (pending further post mortem test results)
Probable Cases: 201
Suspect Cases: 105 (including 5 children 18 years and under)
Travel advisory
MOH urges the public to heed World Health Organisation (WHO)'s advice to postpone travel to Hong Kong, Guangdong, Beijing and Shanxi until another time.
Public Education Message for the Day
PRACTICE GOOD HYGIENE AND A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE TO PREVENT INFECTION.
Do
- Wash your hands often with soap and water.
- Cover your mouth and nose with tissue paper when you cough or sneeze.
- Spit into a toilet bowl or tissue paper.
- Cough or blow your nose into a piece of tissue paper.
- Have a balanced diet and exercise regularly.
- Have adequate rest and sleep early.
Don't
- Don't smoke.
- Don't drink too much alcohol.
- Don't overwork.