Travel Health Watch.

June 1, 2009

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Singapore

Singapore has 1st H1N1 flu case; woman quarantined. The Singapore government on Wednesday confirmed the city-state's first H1N1 flu case, a 22-year-old Singaporean woman who is being quarantined in hospital. The government has been warning Singaporeans for weeks to prepare for an inevitable H1N1 outbreak in the city-state, a regional financial and trading centre and the world's busiest port. The woman arrived from New York early on Tuesday on a Singapore Airlines flight, and was not picked up by thermal scanners at the airport as she did not have a fever then, the government said in a statement. She was in a stable condition. The government said it planned to impose home quarantine on around 60 people, mostly Singaporean passengers on the same flight who were sitting near the flu patient, and it urged them to report to the authorities for anti-viral medication. May 26, 2009

Swine Flu

Last monthOs outbreak of the H1N1 virus, which led to the cancellation of thousands of flights and holidays, saw bookings plummet by around 80 per cent, while hotel occupancy reached a record low. However, since the Foreign Office ended its warning against all but essential travel to Mexico nearly two weeks ago, tour operators reporting a resurgence in bookings and enquiries. The online travel agent, Sunshine.co.uk, claims that bookings have increased by 38 per cent during April and May, compared with the same period last year, while enquiries have doubled. The majority of bookings are for travel in November and December, according to Chris Brown, managing director of the Sunderland-based company. May 28, 2009

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