The news was reported on 27 June that a 13- year-old girl who has been confirmed to be infected with A/H1N1 on her arrival in Yangon from Singapore on 26 June and she is being looked after at the private room of Yangon People’s Hospital.

A total of 14 people who have come into contact with her — family members, her friends and their family members who visited Singapore together with her, private class teacher and classmates — have been kept in quarantine and officials concerned of the Health Department are taking care of them and local authorities concerned are providing social assistance to them.

Among those who flew together with her, 69 passengers including two foreigners are given health care by Yangon Region Health Department and heads of respective township Health Departments at hotels and their residences in Yangon. Other 22 passengers living in the states and regions, except the one who is not yet found at his or her address, are being provided with medical care by heads of state/region/township Health Departments with the assistance of local authorities concerned.

In addition, all the 98 airport staff from respective departments who served at the foreign arrival lounge of Yangon International Airport on 26 June are also being provided with medical care and a person who was to meet with the patient in order to cover the news at Yangon People’s Hospital has also been hospitalized at Waibagi Hospital and is being looked after.

As the 13-year-old girl, who has been confirmed to be infected with New Influenza A/H1N1, is recovering from her illness and her temperature has fallen, she will be discharged from the hospital after a certain period of surveillance.

A steward also fell ill on 29 June evening and he was hospitalized at the Waibagi Hospital. After he had had a medical checkup, it was found that his illness was seasonal influenza, not New Influenza A (H1N1). Those who are being kept under surveillance are in good health and there is nothing unusual.

After the 13-year old girl has been confirmed to be infected with New Influenza A (H1N1), eight sick people, including a foreigner, who were together with her in the same flight, went to the hospital themselves. After taking laboratory test, their illness was seasonal influenza, not New Influenza A (H1N1).

The Ministry of Health is taking necessary measures to prevent the spread of New Influenza A (H1N1) and control the outbreak of disease. Authorities concerned have urged the people to cooperate with them.