Wednesday, June 24, 2009

DOH: Low-level flu outbreak in Metro Manila


Philstar.com - Wednesday, June 24


MANILA, Philippines - Health Secretary Francisco Duque III confirmed yesterday there is now a “low-level community outbreak” of Influenza A(H1N1) virus in Metro Manila, even as 28 individuals were added to the list of cases in the country, raising the total to 473.
Duque said those affected by the low-level outbreak are mostly areas in Quezon City, Parañaque City and Manila.
But he clarified that there is no “huge clustering of cases” in any community in the metropolis.