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Bandar Seri Begawan - A record number fell ill with swine flu today in Brunei, bringing the total to 66 cases as the disease began to peak. Twenty-four more people have fallen sick, said the Health Ministry.

Meanwhile there has been a far more possibly serious development in the outbreak of the pandemic in Brunei as the Health Ministry announced that there could be the probability of community transmission of the disease which could turn out to be more alarming.

That means, the disease could reach a dangerous stage whereby it could become homegrown, a more concerned situation.

Previously, the swine flu in Brunei had been coming from abroad so far and therefore it was easier to manage its spread but community transmission is harder to control because it could easily transmit from person to person locally spreading far more rapidly.

There is a possibility that a community transmission might have happened in the case of a 15-year-old girl here because she had no history of going out of the country or that of having contact with those who were infected, an official press release said.

In view of that, the ministry is anaylising an emergency management protocol.

Under the management protocol, people with the disease could be confined to their homes in mild cases and the suitability of home treatment worked out to ensure that there are no close contacts with those with chronic diseases or with pregnant women while strengthening medication.

There is the possibility that the Pengiran Muda Mahkota Pengiran Muda Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah Hospital, Tutong will become a full fledged isolation centre for the flu for the first time.

Meanwhile, the authorities have analysed the cases who were foreign arrivals. They are, London (9) Kuala Lumpur (8) Kota Kinabalu (6) Johor (1) Lawas (1) Singapore (2) Philippine (2) and Laos (1).

Twenty four people were infected by the foreign arrivals and 12 were still under investigation as to where the virus came from, the ministry said.

The health ministry press release said today alone 24 more people where stricken with the disease, as compared to 10 yesterday indicating a rapid rise as H1N1 continued to rage among Bruneians.

Schools which have been closed for a week since Monday is likely to remain closed for sometime sources indicated.

Following the increase number of cases now in Brunei, the Health Ministry has announced taking various precautionary steps to contain the disease from further spreading.

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