A-H1N1 positive has now reached 247 as confirmed by the Department of Health. Francisco T. Duque III said 14 out of 54 new confirmed cases were sent home after recovering from the said illness. To date, the country has already 85 fully recovered cases. Meanwhile, epidemiologic investigation is still on-going in Bulacan after eight students were tested positive for the virus, 49 students have shown flu-like symptoms. He also said that not only school authorities but all the people across the country should continue reporting to their respective local government executives any unusual occurrence of flu-like symptoms to their constituents to provide assistance and proper medical care.

A total number of 46 cases of A-H1N1 virus was confirmed by DOH for the past weeks. The case was discovered in FEU-East Asia College in Quezon City. DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus advised the public not to panic, specially the parents as they received reports of a confirmed case in a public school in Marikina as the student showed some symptoms of the disease. Francisco Duque of DOH said,the infected persons reached to 46 and although it’s a big number, we are fortunate enough that all of these are just mild cases which are consistent with most of the cases of A-H1N1 in other affected countries.

Another DLSU Student was confirmed of having the A-H1N1 virus according to DOH . The new case is a 17-year-old male student that could not recall whether or not he had contact with two other Japanese students who tested positive for the disease. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque also confirmed another 3 cases of these virus bringing them to a total of 33 cases in the country today. Students and faculty members of the school were advised to have a ten-day self quarantine test to ensure their safety against that dreaded virus.