PHILIPPINE STAR
The Department of Health confirmed 123 more Influenza A(H1N1) cases today, bringing the country's total to 727.
The new cases, all mild in nature, involved 120 Filipinos and three foreigners, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III told reporters. He said 21 of the patients had a history of travel to a country affected with the novel virus.
Meanwhile, the health chief reported that 85 more A/H1N1 patients have fully recovered. This new number brought the country's total count of A(H1N1) recoveries to 536, or 74 percent of the total sum of confirmed cases since May 21.
Despite the rise in flu cases, Duque said there is no need to panic.
"Most can fight off this novel virus even without medications or hospitalization. If you have mild flu-like symptoms but you do not have any pre-existing medical condition then there is no reason to be alarmed. Just stay home and take plenty of fluids, vitamins and bed rest," Duque told the public.
However, he advised "high-risk groups" to take the disease seriously.
“We want to make it clear that high-risk groups, once they have the flu symptoms, should immediately go to their doctor," Duque said, referring to patients with uncontrolled diabetes and asthma, those with chronic liver and kidney disease, those suffering from HIV/AIDs and TB, and pregnant women, the young and the elderly.
"They should not wait for their symptoms to worsen because they are prone to many infections other than the novel virus such as our seasonal flu strains," he added.
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