Macao today reported five more imported Influenza A (H1N1) cases, taking the total number of such cases to 47. At a press conference at the Influenza Response and Coordination Centre, the Health Bureau announced that the five patients comprised three Macao citizens aged 15, 19 and 23, a 20-year-old Mainlander and a 10-year-old Indonesian. Meanwhile, six patients had recovered and were discharged from hospital today. Currently 28 confirmed Influenza A (H1N1) patients were receiving treatment at the quarantine wards at Hospital Conde S. Januário, and 172 people were asked to stay home for medical observation. The Bureau also announced that it had adjusted the criteria for raising the local pandemic alert. Previously the Bureau would consider raising the alert from Level VI Blue to Level VI Yellow when the number of patients being treated at hospital at any one time exceeded 20. Now it would do so when the number exceeds 40. Since most infected patients were not seriously ill, adjusting the criteria would prevent a premature elevation of the alert, the Bureau said. The Bureau also announced that from now on some patients would be treated in their homes instead in quarantine wards of hospitals. Based on the experience of other affected regions, the number of patients would increase steadily. To reserve the capacity of the hospital for patients in serious conditions, those in fair condition and could be taken care of by their family members could receive treatment at home.
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