WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic on Thursday, June 11, 2009. The first since 1968!

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Boy tested for swine flu

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy and a 42-year-old man returning from Japan are the latest people being monitored for swine flu, the Health Department said yesterday.

Their cases brought the total number of people investigated for swine flu to 70 as of May 19, Health Undersecretary Mario Villaverde said.

He said the two patients, both from Central Visayas, were now confined in a private hospital in Metro Manila.

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