Public Service Announcement: There seems to be a problem with eating raw fish in S'pore

[UPDATE on Monday, July 13 at 7 pm: The Ministry of Health has released a statement on Facebook stating that there is no proven link between eating fish, raw or otherwise, and GBS disease.]

Apparently, hospitals in Singapore have been noticing a surge of people who have gone down with fever and painful swollen joints.

The one thing in common they share is that they had consumed raw fish from various hawker centres.

Here is a public Facebook post warning people in Singapore about what has happened:

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all, I am sharing this because my friend boss is now warded in NUH because of painful right arm. He ate raw fish last...

Posted by Helen Ow Yoong on Sunday, July 12, 2015

We're not sure how accurate is this info, but it has also been shared by blogfather, mrbrown, who has got wind of it:

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Service Announcement: There's an outbreak of Group B streptococcus that can cause meningitis, fever and painful...

Posted by KinMun Theodore Lee on Sunday, July 12, 2015

In the meantime, MOH has released this statement on Facebook:

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Public Service Announcement: There seems to be a problem with eating raw fish in S'pore

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