Singapore will lower its alert level for Influenza A/H1N1 from "orange" to "yellow," the country's Health Minister said on Wednesday.

Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan told a news conference that the downgrading will be done progressively over the next five days, but adding that Singapore will remain vigilant and act nimbly, according to TV broadcaster Channel NewsAsia.

The Health Minister said that precautionary measures such as temperature screening at border checkpoints and hospitals will continue, but the one visitor per patient rule at hospitals will be lifted.

(Xinhua News Agency May 6, 2009)