HCM CITY — The Ministry of Health has issued a number of recommendations in light of a recent incident in which some 16 patients, their relatives and health officials at Tu Du Hospital in HCM City on Saturday tested positive for swine flu (A/H1N1), according to the city’s Preventive Health Center. The elderly, children and pregnant women should avoid contact with people with flu symptoms. At 12pm on the same day, five to seven more people at the hospital reported fever and body aches. The hospital informed the Preventive Health Centre and the city’s Department of Health and worked with the city’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases to take tests and treat patients with fever and those suspected of exposure. Pregnant women infected with the swine flu are at a higher risk of complications such as pneumonia and miscarriage, Khanh said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 05, 2018 08:03 UTC