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Suspected A/H1N1 flu outbreak reported in Philippine jails
By xinhuanet.com
Published: 07/20/2009

Suspected A/H1N1 flu outbreak reported in Philippine jails

2009-07-20

MANILA, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Over 100 inmates in two Philippine jails were quarantined for suspected A/H1N1 influenza, raising fears that an outbreak might occur among the confined population, local media reported Monday.

More than 60 inmates have developed flu-like symptoms in the central Philippines' Mandaue city jail, where 100 inmates were placed under observation, according to the report of local Tv network GMA News.

In northern Bulacan provincial jail, ten inmates were quarantined after showing sings of A/H1N1 influenza, the report said.

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