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What You Can Do To Prevent Getting Swine Influenza or H1N1 Flu |
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With the World Health Organization raising the level of concern to a level 5 (still not a pandemic, but spread of disease between humans is occurring in more than one country) and a global epidemic possibly eminent, many people are understandably a bit nervous and anxious that they might catch the H1N1 flu otherwise known as the Swine Flu.
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Questions & Answers H1N1 Flu | H1N1 Flu and You | Swine Flu Virus | Influenza | 2009 |
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What is H1N1 (swine flu)?
H1N1 (referred to as swine flu early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in April 2009 in the United States. Other countries, including Mexico and Canada, have reported people sick with this new virus. This virus is spreading from person-to-person, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread.
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stop hospital-based treatment of H1N1 patients |
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The Department of Health (DOH) may soon abandon its approach of containing people infected with the influenza A (H1N1) virus since all the confirmed cases in the country are just similar to mild flu cases.
At a press conference Friday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said the health department expects the number of swine flu cases to go up even more because there are no restrictions on air travel.
As of June 5, the DOH has recorded 33 confirmed cases of H1N1 with no deaths.
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