By Arnell Ozaeta, ABS-CBN News Southern Tagalog
BATANGAS Twenty five children with age ranging from 10-months to 13-years old have tested positive for Influenza A (H1N1) infection after undergoing emergency medical check-up in a village in Nasugbu town last Saturday, a health official said Friday.
Dr. Myron Duque, Batangas provincial health office OIC, said his staff conducted swab tests on 27 students and residents of Barangay Banilad last weekend. Of the 27, 24 turned up positive for the virus. A 10-month old brother of a student was also tested and turned out to be positive.
Duque said he ordered the tests after students of Banilad Elementary School experienced flu-like symptoms last week.
֓Aside from the students, some residents of the barangay volunteered their other children to undergo a swab test upon learning of the medical procedure at the school, Duque said.
