Updated 03:57 PM Oct 12, 2012
SINGAPORE - Tests have confirmed that a woman suspected of being infected with a variant of the influenza bug that caused the SARS epidemic in 2002 does not have the infection.
A false tweet was circulated online at about 4pm yesterday telling netizens to stay away from the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) because it has a patient who has the novel coronavirus.
The patient was admitted to the SGH after having travelled from Kuwait to Singapore, with a two-hour transit in Qatar.
While she was initially suspected to be infected with the novel coronavirus, the SGH said laboratory tests have confirmed that she does not have the infection.
The hospital said her illness is linked to the influenza A or H1N1 infection, which is one of the circulating seasonal influenza strains.
It added that the patient has a history of chronic disease and as such, would be at a higher risk http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC121012-0000125/Woman-suspected-to-have-SARS-related-bug-tests-negative
A false tweet was circulated online at about 4pm yesterday telling netizens to stay away from the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) because it has a patient who has the novel coronavirus.
The patient was admitted to the SGH after having travelled from Kuwait to Singapore, with a two-hour transit in Qatar.
While she was initially suspected to be infected with the novel coronavirus, the SGH said laboratory tests have confirmed that she does not have the infection.
The hospital said her illness is linked to the influenza A or H1N1 infection, which is one of the circulating seasonal influenza strains.
It added that the patient has a history of chronic disease and as such, would be at a higher risk http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC121012-0000125/Woman-suspected-to-have-SARS-related-bug-tests-negative