By Ernest Luis
SINGAPORE General Hospital (SGH) confirmed on Saturday with The
Straits Times, the first case of a H1N1-related death this
year.
Mohd Lazim Kalang, 77, died on Wednesday due to a lung
infection, after being warded Jan 15 for fever.
But will there be any new precautions for visitors to SGH from
Saturday onwards?
The SGH spokesman replied: 'No, the current measures are already
in place and no special extra steps are needed for now, as the
Health Ministry has indicated.'
H1N1 has already been reported as one of the three dominant flu
strains in Singapore and the rest of the world.
The most immediate risk is that it could develop into pneumonia
in elderly patients, or those with respiratory illnesses or affect
the very young.