RAMPED-UP measures taken to contain the Influenza A (H1N1) virus were 'not a wasted effort', said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday.
From today, temperature screening at schools, offices and mass public events can cease, and hospital patients can have two visitors at a time, instead of just one, amid other easing of rules.
But the original stringent measures caught people unawares, and were a lesson in being prepared, said Mr Khaw, referring to a report in The Straits Times about how thermometers were out of stock because people rushed out to buy them.
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