By glitch, on June 15th, 2009
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 [...]
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By glitch, on June 13th, 2009
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 [...]
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By glitch, on June 12th, 2009
Its alarming that World Health Organization (WHO) had increased the A(H1N1) alert level to 6, the world faces the 2009 influenza pandemic for infecting 74 countries with almost 30,000 reported A(H1N1) cases and 145 deaths.
Philippines currently have 92 reported A(H1N1) cases in a period of 20 days. Our first confirmed patient was in May 20, a 10-year old girl that arrived from US and Canada with her parents in June 18. She passed by thermal scanners with negative result. For the record, from May 20, from a single patient, the number had ballooned to current number of 92 current A(H1N1) [...]
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By glitch, on June 9th, 2009
This post will serve as replacement to deleted post I posted yesterday regarding a school which already have 1 confirmed case of A(H1N1) and happens to be the school of my children.
I don’t see anything wrong with my post yesterday except a small part of it mentioned the school name (used it also on the post title). A screenshot of the post was saved on my computer.
Last weekend, CHED (Commission on Higher Education) announced the official class opening was moved to June 15 for colleges and universities. On the contrary, DepEd won’t follow CHED’s class suspension according to ABS CBN [...]
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By glitch, on June 7th, 2009
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Secretary Dr. Emmanuel Angeles announced this weekend the rescheduled school opening for colleges and universities from June 8 to June 15. The primary reason is the possible spread of A(H1N1) virus to students in colleges and universities in the Philippines. It is reportedly moved the official school opening so the exchange students from other countries and students who travelled abroad to have enough time to quarantine themselves at home.
The decision was made after De La Salle University reported 3 of its students, including two Japanese exchange students, have been infected with the dreaded virus. Classes [...]
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