MANILA, Philippines – Four more Filipinos, including a one-year-old girl, were found infected with Influenza A(H1N1), bringing to six the total number of confirmed cases in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) announced yesterday.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said two of the four new cases – a 26-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man – contracted the virus from the Taiwanese mother and her five-year-old daughter who attended a wedding in Zambales last May 17.

Duque, however, stressed the new development is no cause for alarm.

“There is no need to panic. This is something that we have been preparing for,” Duque told a news conference.

He said the one-year-old girl arrived from the United States last May 19 and began exhibiting flu symptoms on May 24.

Duque said the girl is suffering from persistent cough but her fever had subsided.

The other confirmed case is a 13-year-old boy who arrived from Hong Kong on May 23. Duque said the patient manifested flu symptoms when he arrived but has since recovered.

The two contacts of the Taiwanese, on the other hand, exhibited symptoms on May 21.

Both of them are still suffering from cough and fever, Duque said.

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