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 [...]