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During the pandemic, the Department of Health (DOH) has officially counted for 8 A/H1N1 deaths. The DOH kept record until July 29, 2009. A separate European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control report dated September 9, 2009 tallied the number of deaths in the Philippines to 28. [ 19 ]
The 2009 flu pandemic in the Philippines began on May 21, 2009, when a young Filipina girl first contracted the A(H1N1) virus while in the United States.In the following days, several local cases were reported to be caused by contact with two infected Taiwanese women who attended a wedding ceremony in Zambales.
On 18 May, a Filipina girl who arrived from Houston was the first confirmed case in the Philippines. [247] As of 15 June, there were 193 confirmed cases. [248] On 22 June, the first death was reported. [249] The first case in Singapore was confirmed on 27 May. It was announced on 18 June that Singapore appeared to have its first case. [250]
Three of the 5 cases in Rio are of transmission inside the country and two of the four in Santa Catarina are two. On 2, 3 June more cases were confirmed, one in São Paulo and two in Rio de Janeiro, increasing the number of cases to 23. On 4 June, the number of confirmed cases increase to 28 with another 3 in São Paulo and 2 in Mato Grosso do Sul.
The Philippines government has prepared a manual dating back as early as 2004 which tackles on dealing with an avian influenza (AI) outbreak in the country. Under the manual there are four possible stages of occurrence of bird flu in the country. [8] an AI-free nation; AI outbreak in poultry; AI transmission from poultry to humans
Confirmed cases Deaths Region I: 5 0 Region II: 1 0 CAR: 187 4 Region III: 248 0 NCR: 1, 255 4 Region IV-A: 251 0 Region IV-B: 10 0 Region V: 28 0 Region VI: 7 0 Region VII: 10 0 Region VIII: 42 1 Region IX: 1 0 Region X: 19 0 ARMM: 0 0 Region XI: 11 0 Region XII: 1 0 Caraga: 13 0
It was the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with an influenza A(H5N2) virus globally and the first avian H5 virus reported in a person in Mexico, according to the WHO.
The Department of Health (DOH; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalusugan) is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care, the regulation of all health services and products.