Monday, June 22, 2009

SINGAPORE: Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan has said schools will re-open and
the Asian Youth Games and National Day celebrations will carry on. However,
recently-returned students who have travelled to affected countries will stay at
home for one week before joining their classmates when schools re-open on
Monday. The Ministry of Education (MOE) will provide more details soon, added Mr
Khaw. The health minister was speaking at a news conference on Monday to give an
update on the latest developments on the Influenza A(H1N1) situation.

Mr Khaw
said that overall, life must continue as normally as possible, with targeted
control measures. One of them would be to close a school when a significant
cluster is found so as to break the transmission, or to isolate a competing team
from other athletes as was done with the Filipino and the Hong Kong football
players. Mr Khaw also revealed that the scientific committee, chaired by the
Director of Medical Services, is effectively evaluating the characteristics and
the genome of the virus. The committee has determined that the H1N1 virus in
Singapore remains identical with that in North America. Hence, the consensus
view was that the virus remains moderate-risk and Singaporeans need not panic
over the development that there is now community spread in the country.

Mr Khaw
is confident that almost all infected cases will be able to recover fully and
that Tamiflu and Relenza remain effective against the disease.

He, however,
added: "But I thought I should explain that moderate risk does not mean no
death. Just like the seasonal flu, there will be some deaths.

That's why we need
to target the high-risk patients, especially those with underlying medical
conditions and to render the best chance of a full recovery. "And that is why we
need to allow our hospitals to be able to focus on the high-risk cases and not
be distracted or overwhelmed by hundreds of mild cases." Among those in the high
risk include pregnant mothers, people with asthma, those on kidney dialysis or
on chemotherapy. The Health Ministry intends to advise these groups of patients
with direct mailers of what they can do to protect themselves. The ministry is
also gearing up all its polyclinics and a few hundred general practitioners to
treat suspected H1N1 cases in Singapore. Giving details of measures to tackle a
wider community spread of the influenza, Mr Khaw explained that these will be
called Pandemic Preparedness Clinics or PPCs and they can be recognised by their
decal to handle walk-in suspect cases. These clinics will only refer some
categories of high-risk suspect patients to public hospitals. Mr Khaw said the
Health Ministry will publicise to Singaporeans where these clinics are so they
know where to seek advice. He explained: "When the local bio-surveillance data
confirms significant community spread and we need to move from containment to
full mitigation, we will signal to the public to use these PPCs instead of going
to the hospitals if their flu conditions are mild. And this may happen over the
next few days." The health minister also revealed that the government would
secure adequate supplies of the H1N1 vaccine for the population. Besides the
existing supply contract with the vaccine manufacturer, Mr Khaw said the
ministry is also in active negotiations with other vaccine manufacturers. The
aim is to diversify the supply of H1N1 vaccines. Concluding, Mr Khaw said that
last week has been eventful in the development of the outbreak in Singapore and
the ministry has expected this development, given the large number of travellers
returning from their June holidays. But he said seven-week head start in
battling the virus has been extremely useful, allowing the government to gear up
its system for the community spread phase of the outbreak. His advice to
Singaporeans is to carry on with their lives normally, but keep up the high
standard of personal hygiene.

"in my point of view,since H1N1 is rather serious, and remembering the
period of SARS and bird flu, what if,something really happen? i think that the
holidays should be extended by about a week or at least a few days to know the
situation better what if something really happens? Aren't the government even
caring a least bit about singapore?"

LAN after chemistry remedial I LOVE GOING LAN WITH ERNIE,HOONIE aka horny AND SUNFLOWER,not forgetting xiao thiri!LOL. but those 3 freaking fuckers always bully me, ASS-HOLES!Especially sunflower,to hell with him mansxz. But he's a good buddy luhs,he just love to see me being pissed off! sicko mansxz! He treated thiri candy and hoon and ernie started to boot-lick him. I LOVE LEFT 4 DEAD LUHSSS!!~ PARTY @ BUTTERFACTORY START FROM 9PM-4AM CONTACT ME FOR TICKETS NOW! RESERVATIONS ARE ALLOW! in case you don't know whre isit, IT'S NEAR ESPLANADE, information will be provided if you contact me! GET THE TICKETS NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! email me at limxf@hotmail.com or contact me @ 97314616 ONLY ENQUIRES REGARDING THE PARTY WILL BE ENTERTAINED! the rest will be ignored! | 3:07 AM; Wednesday, June 17, 2009 No birthday song,No birthday cake ≠ to No birthday! UPDATE: i've to thank these lovely earthling for celebrating my birthday,I love them mansxzs, they're ... MORGAN,KA WENG,ERNALD,HOON,LUCIANO,THIRI,VICTORIA and oso those who joined us awhile ,SAKSHI AND CYNTHIA! can't really believed that hoon and the others joined when it supposed to have only me,ka weng,ernald and morgan,LOL.everybody popped out in the end. I was surprised when so many ppl turned up ;D I woke up late in the morning and called wr to inform her to change the time and she was also late,hahas, that was stupid and we've to remind ka weng and ernald too,changed to meet at 11.30. I called my mom after that and had a row with her! knnbccb! It was my birthday and my hp fking played on me,it spoiled and alarm doesn't sound, can't really blame me what. I asked her for money and she fking raised her voice at me. sua ,I kup the tele and she called back and rant at me! I was boiling luhs,why must she choose this days to quarrel with me? MY MOOD TOTALLY SPOILED CAUSE OF HER! I EVEN THOUGHT OF CALLING OFF THE CELEBRATION ! she didn't even prepared my breakfast ;/ and i've to eat leftover food of ytd, since it only need to be toasted,sea weed chicken yeas. My mood brightened up when I saw wr, I just love her luhs,not only her,MY FRIENDS! ;D took direct bus to clementi and chatted on the bus cos it's alr been awhile that we did not have a chat. wr told me that Ernald was still slping when she msn-ed his bro and he need to slap ernie several times before he woke up,and Ernie don even feel like waking up cos his bro said that he was lying on the bed with his eyes OPEN! It made me laugh luhs,LOL ,cos of the way he described (; Met hoon and weng at sumo,and I found out that they're not alert at all! when they walk,they only look in the front ,and they never look left or right, macam cnt turn their head like that. Anyway here's the pictures of a card ka weng made for me,HE'S SO SWEET ,LOL you read what he wrote and you'll laugh!LOL. random pictures by thri! raced car ,i'd got 2nd in position,and guess what?vic's the first,just can't believe it mansxz! morgan's camera shy! met cyn and sakshi afterthat arcade. actually we wanted to play l4d at virtualand's lan but it was full,so we decided to walk over to clementi recreational centre's aloha cyber cafe,always have space but dialike the bright environment ;{ the good thing is,they sell snacks etc. thiri killed this bird! LOL,just kidding.she won't dare to! went back to clementi,cyn and sakshi have to go. we explored railway track at sunset way, it's totally scary!because all the metal handles had turn rusty and loose, I screamed when i accidently hold on the loose 1, I might have drop down to the river if I'm not careful ;x there's frogs,lizards and snakes on the way up the railway track! we chatted on the tracks,can see the view? from left: hoon,luciano,weng after the railway track, weng,hoon and ernie went back, so left with me,thiri,wr and luciano. we went to eat gelato at sunset way, treated all of them except wr,gonna treat her again next time. nice picture taken by me hur? here's my new wallet!interested?order from me luhs, $19 bucks oni!damn fking chio! our gelato! gelatos are healthier than ice cream because they use more milk,less cream and better ingredients! I LOVE GELATO! from top left clockwise direction: strawberry cheesecake-thiri's,pomelo ice cream-luciano's,chocomallow-mine!some orange flavour?-wr's i'm kinda mix up with wr and luciano's gelato ;x the robot toy! before after! wr has a damn cute shirt! *grr it's damn noisy! so we decided to zip the mouth up! LOL,finally it's quiet! super kawaii! took a picture with wr!I LOVE HER! thanks everybody for your wonderful day! love you guys! ;DD -- went out with cliff,sunflower,thiri and ernald for LAN yesterday again, LOL! thiri left halfway after 1 hour of lan! and those guys played at arcade, ernie don like arcade ii think, never seen him play b4! see these 2 pathethic guy! shared the game, cliff and sunflower! I LOVEEEEEEEEE MYYYYYYYY FRIENDSSSSSS!i'm beginning to feel sad abt we're graduating next year,hope we'll still stay as close ); I STILL HAVE FUCKLOADS OF HOMEWORK TO DO!gonna chiong by tmr alr, hope sch will be extended for another 2 weeks cos of swine flu,LOL 2 weeks can be enough! Ps: I know my post is short for today,it's actually my first time posting about my birthday!I'm frigging tired now, 2.20am in the morning alr luhs! ADIOS! | 8:03 AM; Tuesday, June 16, 2009 I'm kinda satisfied with my pink basic layouts, shall change it to something nicer next time (; & & & ........................ HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY TO ME! | 9:47 AM;