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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

June 16, 2009 — 247 H1N1 Confirmed Cases in the Philippines — A State of Calamity is Declared in Jaen, Nueva Ecija

16 June 2009

Nationwide, the Philippine tally of confirmed H1N1 cases has climbed to 247. We had 193 confirmed cases as of yesterday plus the 54 new cases today.

This is H1N1 Update No. 42 from the DOH website:

H1N1 Update No. 42

16 June 2009

LOCAL UPDATES

TOTAL CONFIRMED	247
NEW CASES	54
GENDER Males Females	25 29
AGE RANGE NATIONALITIES	5-70 years old 52 Filipinos 2 Foreigners
Total Discharged	85
Newly Discharged	14

HILERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

194 ILI Cases (as of June 12); 20 confirmed
Affected Barangays:
1. Hilera (no. of cases decreasing)
2. Pakul
3. Lambakin
Intervention
1. School Closure
2. Active Disease Surveillance
3. Health Education
4. Social Distancing

CANDELARIA HIGH SCHOOL

49 ILI Cases; 8 Confirmed
Affected Barangays:
1. Bambang - 23 ILI Found
2. Sta. Ana - 7 ILI Found
3. Matungas
Intervention: Epidemiologic Investigation On-going

GLOBAL UPDATE

Total:	35,928
Death:	168
No.of Countries Reporting:	76

I'm afraid, we can expect more H1N1 cases. I believe the nation is now paying the price for the secretive attitude of the DOH in the early days of H1N1 transmission and infection, typified by its refusal to release the flight nos. which eventually bring H1N1 infected passengers to the country. Even now, this secretive attitude of the DOH persists and it's not going to help us any. Never!

With the country blind with respect to which flights bring in H1N1 infected passengers, the other passengers in those flights naturally took things easy. But had the DOH took things more seriously, publicized the flight details and called publicly on the passengers who took those flights to conduct more aggressive self-quarantine or social distancing, we won't have the high count of 247 cases by now. Things would have been more contained.

With the lack of transparency came complacency and it silently fueled the contagion which is now spreading rapidly.

Meanwhile, a state of calamity has been declared in the town of Jaen, Nueva Ecija because of the sustained H1N1 outbreak in Bgy. Hilera and in the adjoining communities.

More in this report on the outbreak in Jaen courtesy of GMANews.tv:

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This ABS-CBN report by Zyann Ambrosio tells of a small town's fight against a baffling H1N1 outbreak and dramatizes the heartaches suffered by mothers whose children have tested H1N1 positive.

Monday, June 15, 2009

H1N1 — 193 Cases sa Pilipinas — Outbreak in Bgy. Hilera, Jaen, Nueva Ecija and at the Doña Candelaria Meneses Duque High School in Bulacan, Bulacan

15 June 2009

As of late afternoon today, there are 193 confirmed H1N1 cases in the Philippines according to the DOH. There were 46 new confirmed cases during the day on top of yesterday's count of 147.

Eight (8) of those 46 new cases are students of the Doña Candelaria Meneses Duque High School in Bulacan, Bulacan. Eleven (11) students of the Hilera Elementary School in Jaen, Nueva Ecija, tested positive for H1N1 last week prompting local executives and the DOH to declare an outbreak in the barangay.

This is Update No. 41 from the DOH website:

Update 41 -Duque Reports 33 More A(H1N1) Cases Sent Home Over the Weekend While Confirming Community Outbreak in 1 Brgy in Jaen
15 June 2009
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III today announced that 33 more A (H1N1) patients have been sent home over the weekend after recovering from the said illness. To date, the country has already 71 fully recovered cases.
Meanwhile, Duque also reported that there were 46 more confirmed mild A (H1N1) cases over the weekend, thus bringing the total figure of positive cases since to 193 (including the 36 confirmed cases reported Sunday) since May 1.
The 46 new confirmed cases involved 27 females and 19 males with an age range of 9-47 years old. All of the new cases are Filipinos.
On the other hand, after falling ill with flu-like symptoms, 19 individuals from a barangay in Jaen, Nueva Ecija were tested for the novel virus. Eight of them turned out positive for A (H1 N1). Duque said that the said figures are all community cases.
The local executives in the said province declared an outbreak over the weekend. Regional health officials said that the 8 confirmed cases are all mild in nature and are all responding well to their treatments.
“It’s an outbreak of mild A (H1N1) cases,” Duque said.
Duque also reiterated that not only school authorities but barangay leaders and heads of offices, as well, across the country should continue reporting to their respective local government executives any unusual occurrence of flu-like symptoms among their students, constituents and employees, respectively, especially those who travelled last summer from countries affected with the A (H1N1).
”This effort is part of the readiness of the Department of Health (DOH) to shift from containment to mitigation”, Duque said.
In a breaking news, 8 confirmed A (H1N1) cases out of 18 samples from Candelaria Elementary School in Candelaria, Bulacan were also reported by Duque today in his briefing with De La Salle University Officials. Details of these cases are being confirmed.

These are related video reports courtesy of GMANews.tv:

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

June 11, 2009 — H1N1 Confirmed Cases in the Philippines Now at 92 — The Secretive Attittude of the DOH Will Only Make Matters Worse

11 June 2009

The number of confirmed H1N1 cases has reached 92 from yesterday's count of 77. Forty-two (42) of these patients have travel history outside the country while the rest, 50, do not have foreign travel history.

But instead of becoming transparent, the DOH appears to be clamping down further on information which could empower the public in the fight against H1N1.

Here is today's report on H1N1 from Mark Salazar of 24 Oras courtesy of GMANews.tv:

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