Swine Flu Virus is now in the Philippines!
May 21, 2009 by admin
Filed under Featured Content, Pinoy News and Culture
The Department of Health (DoH) confirmed the first case of A(H1N1) influenza in the Philippines Thursday night.
The first confirmed case is a 10-year-old Filipino female, who also visited Canada when she was in the United States. The girl arrived in the Philippines last May 18, and eventually developed fever, cough, and sore throat the next day.
Swab throat samples were taken from the girl who is now confined in an “undisclosed health facility.
The family and those who had close contact with her have already been advised to go on quarantine.
The public is urged to observe proper hygiene, strengthen resistance and are advised to avoid going to crowded areas if the need is not urgent.
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