The Ministry of Health did not disclose the student’s gender nor identity but family members who had come forward to be tested had been proved negative of H1N1, the ministry added.
The 19-year-old Brunei student studying in United Kingdom is currently on holiday. The student arrived here on June 16 but only showed H1N1 symptoms on June 19 evening. The student had his first emergency treatment at RIPAS Hospital on June 20 before being transferred for treatment and observation at the quarantine centre in Pengiran Muda Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah Hospital in Tutong.
People have tried justifying to me that this “his” can indicate a universal (eg. “man” as a collective group of human being) but please, this is definitely a slip. Journalism has long avoided the use of male pronouns for representation. If this was a sincere mistake on the journalist part, then you need training.
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