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www.crisis.gov.sg An athlete from the Philippines Football Team who arrived here on 18 June 2009 for the Asian Youth Games(AYG) has been confirmed to have been infected with Influenza A (H1N1). He developed symptoms in the afternoon of 19 June 2009. His fever was detected during the routine temperature taking. He sought medical attention at the Games Village medical centre at around 7.30pm. He was placed in an isolation room and throat swabs were taken. Laboratory results confirmed his infection this morning and he was admitted to CDC. His condition is stable. The football team' s Singaporean liaison officer is at the CDC for observation. The close contacts will be quarantined at the Aloha Resorts in accordance with the AYG' s H1N1 contingency plans. The matches involving the Philippines football team will be postponed.Despite the presence of one case within the Games Village, the AYG will go on. |