By Judith Tan

A MINOR storm has broken out over a Singapore-based German researcher who caught the H1N1 virus after a trip to Philadelphia.

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said that for a week after returning to Singapore, he continued going to work, went shopping, attended a concert and went to a reception at the French Ambassador's residence.

Yesterday, the 56-year-old scientist from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) denied that he had done all that despite having symptoms.

17 new cases in one day

SINGAPORE recorded its largest number of new Influenza A (H1N1) flu cases in a day, with 17 new patients diagnosed yesterday.

Of the total of 66 confirmed cases here, 25 have been discharged from hospital. The remaining 41 patients are still warded and in stable condition.

All the latest 17 cases were imported - six of them had returned from the Philippines with another six from Melbourne.

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