Posts Tagged ‘h1n1’

1st A(H1N1) Community Outbreak Declared In Nueva Ecija

Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque had declared in Sunday the first Community Level Outbreak in Hilera, Nueva Ecija after 11 cases were positive of A(H1N1) wherein 10 are students of Hilera Elementary School and another 4 year old girl. National Epidemiology Center confirmed the report.

Contact tracing of the 11 positive cases turned out that 92 contacts are showing symptoms of A(H1N1) virus. Local Health officers are monitoring 57 other students who also exhibited symptoms of the A(H1N1).

Class suspension is set for another 10 days. Since its the first community level outbreak, it would be better if everyone in the community should wear face masks.

Actually, I’m getting paranoid already of this influenza outbreak. As of this writing, the number of 111 had climbed again to 147 positive A(H1N1) cases in the Philippines.

A(H1N1) Vaccine? 111 A(H1N1) Cases?

Bad news: Last night, I checked on the latest count of A(H1N1) cases in the Philipines, it was “only” 92 when I blogged about the H1N1 Pandemic Alert 6. Additional 18 cases were added again, we already have a total of 111 confirmed A(H1N1) cases in the country.

I’m still waiting for DOH’s press release for preventive measures now that the alert level had increased to alert 6. 111 is alarming, its odd that yesterday we celebrated the 111th Independence Day.

Good news: Drug manufacturer Novartis had already developed vaccine for A(H1N1) virus. Reportedly, there are 30 countries already ordered for vaccine including Novartis proprietary adjuvant MF59®. The first batch will be use for clinical trials in July and hopefully obtain the vaccine license by Fall 2009. You could read the complete media release of Novartis here.

I heard about this after I posted my previous post and logout. Better blog it now so I can post the latest count.