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Singapore confirms first swine flu case: 22-year-old woman

The Ministry of Health announced today that a 22-year-old Singaporean woman returned from New York yesterday and tested positive for the flu virus.

"Singapore has confirmed its first case of influenza A(H1N1)," the ministry said in a statement.
The patient passed through undetected a thermal scanner at Changi Airport. However, later she went to a general practitioner complaining of flu symptoms.

The doctor sent her by ambulance to Tan Tock Seng Hospital's communicable disease centre where she is in a stable condition.

The woman was in New York from May 14-24. She returned on a Singapore Airlines flight at 6:30 am yesterday and developed a cough during the trip.

All her "close contacts" will be quarantined and provided with antiviral medication, the MOH said.

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