CEBU CITY

About a third of more than 600 inmates of the Mandaue City Jail have suffered from flu-like symptoms since last week, and a health official warned the ailments could spread faster in such congested quarters. Officials from the Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas visited the jail Sunday to collect swab samples from about 177 inmates, as a precaution against influenza A (H1N1). Most of these inmates suffer from pre-existing conditions, one factor that has turned an otherwise mild flu into a potentially fatal illness.

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MANILA, Philippines

The committee on health of the House of Representatives will resume on Monday its hearing on the Influenza A(H1N1) virus amid continuing concern over the deadly flu that now afflicts some 1,700 Filipinos. The number of cases has made the Philippines the eighth country in the world with the most number of cases, the World Health Organization had said.

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Maasin City, Southern Leyte (3 July)

Although the province remains free from AH1N1 dreaded virus, the provincial hospital here sent medical technologists for training to determine if there will be a reported AH1N1 case.

Dr. Noel Lumen, Head of the Technical Department at the Salvacion Oppus Yniguez Memorial Provincial Hospital reported that they sent (1) medical technologist in every district hospital, to include the SOYMPH throughout he province at the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC), based in Tacloban City in order to know how to respond to the situation.

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