h1n1 in Republic Polytechnic

omg so it's confirmed cases....
Republic had 2 h1n1 cases....

the school only close down 3 classes...

email we recieved on monday(22/06/09).........

Dear Staff and Students,

Rumours have been circulating that W1 and W3 have been closed owing to the presence of the H1N1 virus at RP. There is no truth in these rumours. No PODs have been quarantined or closed, and it is business as usual in RP, until further notice.

At this point in time, two students have been identified to have the flu virus. Please note that the affected students were not in campus over the weekend and today (Monday, 22 June 09).
We would like to assure everyone that RP has taken immediate steps and activated the containment procedures.

The students’ classmates have been asked to go to the Communicable Disease Centre for further checks.

There is no need for alarm. Please remain calm and vigilant. If you are feeling unwell, please be socially responsible and stay home and monitor your health. Please consult a doctor if you are in doubt.

We are monitoring the situation closely, and will keep you all regularly posted.

Students who are under the quarantine order are required to stay home, and continue with their daily learning activities through the Internet by logging into LEO. Following are the generic instructions for the students:
 Use the Forum in LEO or any other viable means to communicate with the Facilitator and other classmates.
 No student teams will be formed in the quarantined classes.
 The class facilitator is expected to inform all affected students how to contact him/her.


 The facilitator will assign a suitable RJ question appropriate for the learning situation.
 Students are expected to submit daily a personally completed Worksheet, quiz and RJ.
 No Daily Grade shall be awarded for the quarantined students. Appropriate measures will be implemented by the management to compensate in fairness for such missing Daily Grades when computing the final Module Grade.

Please contact your facilitators or Programme Chair for any clarification regarding the alternate learning arrangements. For all other matters you may contact Help-Flu.


email recieved on tuesday(23/06/09)....

Dear Staff / Students,
1. Students belonging to the following classes have been asked to be quarantined at home for a period of seven days: W15B, W15L, W36B.
1. The 3 classrooms have been cleaned and locked up.
2. All students and staff who have had contact with students from the abovementioned classes, are requested to inform the Emergency Preparedness Team immediately via help-flu@rp.sg.
3. We will initiate a temperature taking exercise tomorrow (24 June 09). Staff and students are to record their temperature readings online, once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
4. The list of affected countries no include the following : USA, Mexico, Canada, Chile, UK, Australia, Argentina, Japan, Thailand, Spain, Philippines, Panama, Hong Kong, Dominican Republic & Indonesia.
5. We wish to co-ordinate all responses, so please send in your queries and concerns to help-flu@rp.sg, and not to individual email addresses.


what i'm worried is.....

1. what if our classmate took the same bus with any of them(confirmed cases classmate) or took the bus that they taken, had the bus clean up before we took it?



2. what if we took same lift with those that came into contact with them(confirmed cases classmate)?



3. they sure have friends that is not in those classes and get into contact with them?

let's take a break....

my bear bear is ready for h1n1 :p