I actually agree with MOH that it is pointless to publish figures on number of people who contracted H1N1 when the outbreak has reached the community phase.

At this phase, what is relevant is the number of people hospitalised due to H1N1 and their demographic profile. It is relatively good sign that the people hospitalised are children, old people and people who are already very sick.

GCh83 has pointed out this figures can be found at http://www.h1n1.gov.sg/

Would I feel assured if I know exactly how many people have h1n1 or where I cannot go to ‘cos of h1n1? I would rather know what are the govt’s plans and evaluate them. Btw, I’ve just checked. You can find the no. of people hospitalised at http://www.h1n1.gov.sg/homepage.htm.

1. Singaporean will not have the mean to know if the ministry is doing their work properly.

2. People will not go out to spend, if they know the situation. In the end, the government suffers economy lost.

3. Or worst still, people from other countries don’t dare to come.

The truth is, the PAP only concern about themselves and no one else. Thank you for giving us this group of elites.

while it is truth that WHO did annouce that. It is also the country responsibility to let the people know,

1. What is the trend of spread, it is going up or down?

2. Where are the location of spread, so that people can avoid those places.

By the way, it is not WHO to concern about individual, when they speak, they do not care about what happen to your country, they are looking at global scale. Your update is very much irrelevance.

On 7 July 2009, WHO announced that countries are no longer required to submit regular reports of individual laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths as the reporting of such numbers is no longer a useful monitoring tool.

Who is tracking and monitoring the situation?

Why sudden black out of all news regarding H1N1 infections except those who have died from it or in intensive care units?

Are all our doctors treating the H1N1 flu as normal flu? If so, then we will never know the seriousness of this viral disease and its extent of spread.

Wouldn’t such attitude, behaviour and measures throw many people off-guard and therefore encourage the spread of the disease at a greater speed and wider spread on infections?

Like I say H1N1 is mild but not a normal flu, average recovery takes 4 to 5 days and normal flu 1 to 2 the most. Most importantly, the pain is much greater than the normal flu when it is in full blown. By the way, do u know that in according to the WHO, there is a already a small group of people in the work with H1N1 are beginning to show sign of resisting the ant-viral drug?

What I think most people don’t see is that government step down on control of H1N1 is not because it is mild! It is purely:

1. Economy reason ( who will come to F1, youth game if the figure of infection kept on growing)

2. They simply have no idea how to control beside setting up thermal scan at the border for temperature screen, which already proven it don’t work that way.

Hero0, dream on.

According to the latest ST report dated 10 July 2009, there are currently 70 confirmed H1N1 cases in hospitals here, including one in ICU.

This number does not correspond to 1,217 figure reported by Channel News Asia days ago. Surely it means H1N1 patients have recovered but this ambiguity still requires official clarification.

I can’t wait for the H1N1 figures to hit 4-digit. The bookies are getting impatient too.

thanks for the info.

as each patient’s own immune system, health, body reaction to any medicine is different i really wonder if there is any point extending the expiry dates of the stockpile.

this is the first time if i remember correctly, an expiry has been extended. i wonder what implications it holds for the future if its justified too often.

i agree random sampling should be done as an additional step to assure the public.

Is it because of MOH not doing enough? or we not being responsible? or we just think that it is common flu? or we simply dont care.

MOH has responded on the enquiry whether the expired Tamiflu is safe for consumption or that it remains pharmaceutically active for H1N1 treatment:

Below is an exerpt from TODAYonline (26 June 2009):

1. the Health Ministry clarified that the shelf-life of medicinal products can be extended, provided the drug retains its potency when stored at recommended levels.

2. Singapore’s national Tamiflu stockpiles are kept in a secure warehouse, with an air-conditioned environment at below 25ºC and an average humidity of 60 per cent.

3. Having assessed data provided by the drug’s manufacturer Roche, the Health Science Authority (HSA) found that such conditions can support the shelf-life of Tamiflu capsules for seven years from the date of manufacture.

Now we know that HSA stored Singapore’s national tamiflu stockpile in a dry and air-conditioned storeroom to maintain its condition while Roche has supplied data to support its application to extend the shelf-life of Tamiflu. But HSA still has not carried out a random sampling test on the Tamiflu in its possession.

H1N1 not that dangerous////

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