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If they are not told what to do then they would not do anything at all even though they had the mandate to make suitable decisions and take necessary steps that had to do with the safety and the welfare of their officers, the ruler added.
He took the spread of the H1N1 pandemic in the country as an example whereby the heads of departments' defiance in not having the commonsense, ignoring the guidelines set by the Health Ministry, as they continued sending officers abroad.
They were waiting for the directive from the Prime Minister's office on July 7 telling them what to do, the monarch said. But there were some department heads that had the wisdom in not sending their people abroad.
The Brunei ruler was speaking at a briefing of the National Management Disaster Centre in Berakas. He told them to be ready at all times and be on the look out for any potential national disasters such as terrorism, tsunamis or earthquakes.
There have been recently floods, landslides and swine flu pandemic. And these have affected the social activities and resulted in the suspension of the Royal Birthday Celebrations, the ruler told them.

The Health Ministry announced that there could be the probability of community transmission of the disease which could turn out to be more threatening.
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 a local person to one another endangering Brunei far more rapidly.

Meanwhile Health Minister, Pehin Dato Hj Suyoi, has urged the people not to panic.
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, acting quickly, 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.