ReliefWeb, 23 Jun 2009
MANILA, 23 June 2009, 1600 hrs—With two visiting youth football teams under quarantine and the number of cases growing, the Singapore Government has raised its alert level and acknowledged that further spread of the Pandemic H1N1 2009 virus is inevitable. "We have crossed the tipping point beyond which local transmissions will grow rapidly," said Minister for Health Mr Khaw Boon Wan.
To counter this threat, the Minister said the Government was shifting its resources to detect and treat infected cases, paying particular attention to high-risk patients.
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