Ding Cervantes, Mayen Jaymalin, Pia Lee-Brago, Antonieta Lopez, Rainier Allan Ronda, Cecille Suerte Felipe of PHILIPPINE STAR
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 1,709 confirmed cases of Influenza A(H1N1) in the country as of June 27, but the good news is that 1,485 of them are now free of the virus.
“The remaining 224 or 14 percent are still under treatment at present, most of them under home management,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a statement yesterday.
The DOH, according to the health chief, is anticipating more cases in the coming months, so it would “institute effective mitigation measures to save lives and prevent deaths and to reduce the impact of the pandemic on our nation and the economy.”
Although the cases are dwindling as compared to some few weeks ago, several schools were still forced to suspend classes or implement measures to prevent the virus from spreading.
Four cadets of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) have tested positive for the virus, prompting school officials to implement stricter measures.
PNPA director Chief Superintendent Danilo Abarsoza said the four cadets were among the trainees in Silang, Cavite, who availed of their weekend pass last week. There are 1,030 cadets in the academy.
The latest suspension of classes was reported at the St. John’s Institute (SJI) in Bacolod City.
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the school administration confirmed the suspension as a precaution after more than 100 students fell ill due to the common flu Monday.
Although the DOH regional office is not treating the situation as “case under observation,” the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital will be conducting random swabbing and contact tracing among parents of Grade 3 students.
SJI principal Fr. Noli Que informed Leonardia that 30 of the 60 pupils no longer have fever, as of press time yesterday.
Two schools in Tacloban City, Leyte and in Antipolo City, Rizal also suspended classes at all levels due to confirmed cases despite a government instruction to schools to avoid entire school shutdowns.
The Department of Education (DepEd) Influenza A(H1N1) Action Center said the San Benildo Integrated School suspended classes starting yesterday until July 11, while the St. Therese Child Development Center in Tacloban City suspended classes starting yesterday until July 6.
Kenneth Tirado, DepEd communications unit head, said that DepEd was still giving schools the prerogative to decide whether to have entire school shutdowns or limiting suspensions to affected
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