Eleven of 21 individuals confirmed to have contracted the Influenza A(H1N1) virus have been discharged, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said.
Among those discharged was the country’s index case, a 10-year-old Filipina.
No new confirmed cases were reported for the past 24 hours, according to Duque.
The most recent confirmed cases, which were announced Monday, are just waiting to be discharged. They are three males aged 19, 45 and 51, and females aged 39 and 40.
“The five cases are mild in nature and are responding positively to treatment,” Duque said.
Of the 10 still under observation, three are students – two females aged 19 and 20, and a seven-year-old boy.
Since May 1, the DOH has recorded 345 suspected cases.
Of the total 292 have already been declared negative for the virus while 32 are still waiting for laboratory test result.
In Nueva Ecija, the medical officer of the education department said 29 students were advised to go on self-quarantine after they came in contact with a school staff member who is under observation for H1N1.
The staff member recently arrived from the United States.
Three of the confirmed H1N1 cases are from Nueva Ecija, said Dr. Wilfredo Corpuz, head of Task Force on A(H1N1) of Dr. Paulino J. Garcia Memorial Research and Medical Center in the province.
Two of them are recovering at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City and are expected be discharged soon\
Malaya Wednesday, June 3, 2009
By Gerard Naval and Jojo de Guzman
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