A(H1N1) cases double from last week: now at 1,709

The number of reported cases of A(H1N1) in the Philippines has doubled since last Saturday, and now stands at 1, 709. The good news is, only 224 are still under treatment; the rest have since recovered.
Many of the patients live in Metro Manila (1, 225). About half of the 1, 709 reported cases were [...]

RP’s A(H1N1) cases continue to go up; now number 861

Update 52
DUQUE: COUNTRY’S MILD A (H1N1) PATIENTS RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO TREATMENT
26 June 2009
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III today reported 134 more mild cases of A (H1N1), noting that all are responding positively to their treatments. These additional cases bring the total count of confirmed cases of the novel virus to 861.

123 more confirmed cases of A(H1N1) brings total to 727

Update 51
DUQUE: 85 MORE A (H1N1) PATIENTS HAVE FULLY RECOVERED
25 June 2009
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III today reported that 85 more A (H1N1) patients have fully recovered. This new number brings the total count of fully recovered cases to 536 or 74% of the total sum of reported confirmed mild cases since May 21.
Duque [...]

RP A(H1N1) cases jump to 604

DOH press release:
Update 50
DUQUE: 43 MORE A(H1N1) PATIENTS HAVE FULLY RECOVERED
24 June 2009
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III today reported that 43 more A(H1N1) confirmed (mild) cases have fully recovered, bringing the total of fully recovered patients to 464. This figure represents 77% of the total confirmed cases recorded since May 21.
Duque also said that [...]

RP reports first death connected with Influenza A(H1N1)

A 49-year-old Filipina died Friday, on the third day of showing flu-like symptoms. The autopsy said she died of “congestive heart failure secondary to acute myocardial infarction aggravated by severe pneumonia either bacterial, viral or both.”
A throat swab, however, revealed that she was also positive for Influenza A(H1N1).
The health department won’t directly attribute the death [...]

DOH update: Influenza A(H1N1) cases now at 428

Update 47
DUQUE: 79% OF ALL REPORTED A(H1N1) CASES HAVE FULLY RECOVERED
21 June 2009
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III today reported that 64 more A (H1N1) patients have fully recovered, now making the total sum of cases who fully recovered to 339. This number represents 79% of the total confirmed cases reported since May 21.
Duque also [...]

H1N1 cases in RP nears 400

DOH PRESS RELEASE:
Update 46
DUQUE: 70% OF ALL REPORTED A (H1N1) CASES HAVE ALREADY FULLY RECOVERED AS 13 MORE PATIENTS WERE SENT HOME TODAY
20 June 2009
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III today reported that 13 more fully recovered A (H1N1) patients were already sent home, thus bringing the total count of fully recovered cases to 275. [...]

RP cases of A(H1N1) jump to 247

The number of cases continue to rise, and the health department is shifting into mitigation, from containment, mode. The public is urged not to panic; the virus is mild, and the seasonal influenza that we know and which has been around for years has been known to kill more people. Or dengue, for that matter.
But [...]

RP cases of Influenza A(H1N1) reach 111

This is the first press conference I have attended in which Health Secretary Francisco Duque III did not say that there was no community transmission yet of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus.
When asked, pointblank, if there is now a community transmission of the virus in the Philippines, Duque they were still investigating. He hoped to know [...]

Ecija school closed after pupil tests positive for A(H1N1)

Duque calls on school officials to report flu-like symptoms to local government units
Classes were temporarily suspended at the Helera Elementary School in Jaen, Nueva Ecija after a pupil tested positive for Influenza A(H1N1). The Department of Health (DOH) is still trying to find out how the pupil contracted the virus, since the child had no [...]