Posted: 24 May 2009 1609 hrs
A woman wears a protective face mask as she walks out of a hospital in Manila, Philippines
MANILA: The Philippines on Sunday reported its second confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) flu.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque said the patient was a 50-year-old woman who arrived last Wednesday from Chicago in the United States.
The woman, whose name was withheld, sought medical help a day later, after showing flu symptoms, Duque said.
The patient has been isolated and is being monitored at Manila's Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, while quarantine officials trace those who came into contact with her.
"She was immediately started on medication and is currently being monitored. Efforts are also under way to trace all the close contacts of the second confirmed case," Duque said.
On Thursday the health department announced the Philippines' first H1N1 flu case, a 10-year-old girl whose family had travelled to the United States.
Her family flew home last week and officials are now tracing some 17 passengers who are believed to have come into close contact with her.
Duque said on Sunday the girl was recovering and appeared to have contracted a mild form of H1N1 flu.
"The child is now almost fully recovered with only a mild sore throat," Duque said, adding that the patient was about to complete her anti-viral medication and would soon be discharged.
Duque said there remained no "community level outbreak" in the Philippines, and that authorities at this stage would not postpone the start of the school year, scheduled for June 1.
"The symptoms that we have observed in the first two confirmed cases are similar to the symptoms manifested by most other patients in affected countries," he said.
"This is really just a mild form of the virus. However, this is new and we do not know if this will turn for the worse," he said.
Taiwanese authorities confirmed Saturday that a woman and her daughter who had visited the Philippines for a yoga class had contracted H1N1 flu.
Duque said that the woman had "fully recovered" citing a fresh report from the Taiwan Center for Disease Control. The daughter meanwhile only has "mild respiratory symptoms" and appeared to be heading to full recovery as well, he said. - AFP/ms
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
A woman wears a protective face mask as she walks out of a hospital in Manila, PhilippinesMANILA: The Philippines on Sunday reported its second confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) flu.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque said the patient was a 50-year-old woman who arrived last Wednesday from Chicago in the United States.
The woman, whose name was withheld, sought medical help a day later, after showing flu symptoms, Duque said.
The patient has been isolated and is being monitored at Manila's Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, while quarantine officials trace those who came into contact with her.
"She was immediately started on medication and is currently being monitored. Efforts are also under way to trace all the close contacts of the second confirmed case," Duque said.
On Thursday the health department announced the Philippines' first H1N1 flu case, a 10-year-old girl whose family had travelled to the United States.
Her family flew home last week and officials are now tracing some 17 passengers who are believed to have come into close contact with her.
Duque said on Sunday the girl was recovering and appeared to have contracted a mild form of H1N1 flu.
"The child is now almost fully recovered with only a mild sore throat," Duque said, adding that the patient was about to complete her anti-viral medication and would soon be discharged.
Duque said there remained no "community level outbreak" in the Philippines, and that authorities at this stage would not postpone the start of the school year, scheduled for June 1.
"The symptoms that we have observed in the first two confirmed cases are similar to the symptoms manifested by most other patients in affected countries," he said.
"This is really just a mild form of the virus. However, this is new and we do not know if this will turn for the worse," he said.
Taiwanese authorities confirmed Saturday that a woman and her daughter who had visited the Philippines for a yoga class had contracted H1N1 flu.
Duque said that the woman had "fully recovered" citing a fresh report from the Taiwan Center for Disease Control. The daughter meanwhile only has "mild respiratory symptoms" and appeared to be heading to full recovery as well, he said. - AFP/ms
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
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