“MANILA: The Department of Health is officially announcing this evening the first confirmed case of influenza A(H1N1) in the Philippines,” Francisco Duque told reporters here by teleconference from the Geneva headquarters of the WHO.
A 10-year-old girl has become the first Influenza A(H1N1) flu case in the Philippines, the health department said on Thursday. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/430947/1/.html
Another woman is under observation in Aklan for H1N1. When you consider that most foreign visitors to Boracay are the same countries with H1N1 (Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK), I’m surprised Boracay isn’t slammed.
I find it interesting they’re calming people by implying it came from the girls recent trip to the US (which is probably true), while on the same day Taiwan’s 4th and 6th case of H1N1 came from people just returned from the Philippines, a day before being quarantined.
While in the Philippines capital, both the mother and her daughter participated in an international yoga event, which was also attended by people from the United States, Canada and Australia, all swine flu-affected areas. taiwan news
That was four (4) days ago in Manila on Boracay and I’m wondering why the Philippines hasn’t made any public announcements trying to track everyone involved with this yoga class. The DoH and DoT keep saying it won’t have any impact on tourism, but its a Friday night on Boracay and the bars are empty.
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Even if people on the island have it, it is bad for tourism if the word gets leaked out.
May 22, 2009 at 1:02 PM