Cafe Xocolat

I do my best “grilling” in restaurants, and I usually choose quiet places not frequented by fellow reporters. Restaurants that serve tasty, but not pricey, meals, where the ambience is relaxed and the waiters kind but not overly solicitous.

RP now has 10 confirmed cases of A(H1N1)

There are now ten confirmed cases of Influenza A(H1N1), according to the health department. Six of the cases attended the wedding in Zambales that was also attended by the Taiwanese woman who later tested positive for the virus.

DOH confirms: 4 more cases of A(H1N1) in RP

There are now a total of 6 cases of Influenza A(H1N1) in the Philippines. Of the six, three have fully recovered while three still have cough.
Two of the new cases were among those who had close contact with the Taiwanese woman who visited the Philippines for five days and then tested positive for Influenza [...]

Health Sec convenes 2nd command conference on A(H1N1)

DOH press release on the second command conference on A(H1N1). The two A(H1N1) cases have recovered and no longer show any symptoms of influenza; the Taiwanese mother and child who were found positive in Taiwan after a short visit here in the Philippines have also recovered. They are waiting for their repeat test to become [...]

RP has second case of A(H1N1)

And the health department clarifies: the Taiwanese woman found positive with A(H1N1) virus upon arrival in Taiwan, after a short trip to the Philippines, DID NOT ATTEND A YOGA SESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
The Philippines now has its second case of A(H1N1): a 50-year-old balikbayan woman from Chicago who went here for a vacation. The woman [...]

What can be done to prevent the spread of A(H1N1)?

First, the good news: the number of people dying from A(H1N1) is less than one percent. The not-so-good news is that one third of the deaths were young and healthy people. The bad news? Some cases MIGHT BE asymptomatic: there MIGHT be people who didn’t get sick at all, but who MIGHT have passed on [...]

DOH tracing, monitoring people who had contact with RP’s first A(H1N1) case

Health authorities are now monitoring at least 17 people who had close contacts with the 10-year-old girl who were diagnosed positive for Influenza A(H1N1). These were mainly those who were seated around her in the plane, the health department said, as they defined close contact as “six hours with and within six feet.”
The girl, health [...]

RP has its first case of A(H1N1)

The Philippines now has its first case of A(H1N1), a ten-year-old girl who traveled to the US and Canada with her family. She arrived on May 18 but did not develop symptoms until the following day, on May 19. Throat swabs were taken and tested on May 20 and on May 21, Thursday, they were [...]

WHO presscon at 10 p.m.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a teleconference from its Geneva headquarters at 10 o’clock tonight. Please don’t miss it, said the advisory.

DOH May 20 ‘09 update on A(H1N1)

Update no. 16
May 20, 2009
As of May 20, the Department of Health has identified two new cases under observation from Region 7. Both cases had history of travel from Japan. Their laboratory test results for Influenza A(H1N1), together with one case reported yesterday, are still pending. All other previous cases tested negative for Influenza A(H1N1). [...]