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DPH warns of fake cure for H1N1 virus
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Posted on May 15 2009
The Department of Public Health issued a warning yesterday about the spread of fake products that claim to cure the dreaded H1N1 flu.
According to its latest health update, DPH said consumers should be wary of Internet, e-mail, and other ads promoting products that prevent, cure, treat, or diagnose the H1N1 flu.
“Some of these ads promote fraudulent flu remedies,” DPH said.
Products that carry these fraudulent claims might be promoted as dietary supplements, drugs, vaccines, or diagnostic tests.
For questions about approved flu-related products, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
The CNMI is still on pandemic alert level Phase 5, as declared by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
At present, there are no confirmed H1N1 flu cases reported in the CNMI and Guam.
The Pacific Daily News earlier reported that Guam was monitoring two persons with flu-like symptoms who had just come from a country with confirmed H1N1 cases.
As of May 14, WHO reported 33 countries with 6,497 cases of H1N1.
CDC’s latest count shows 4,298 confirmed cases of H1N1 in 47 U.S. states, including three deaths.
The list of states with the numbers of people who are confirmed cases is updated daily at www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu.
DPH reiterated that H1N1 flu virus is not transmitted by food, thus it is safe to eat pork because one cannot get the virus from eating pork and pork products.
Contact the DPH for further information at 236-8797, Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5pm, 234-8950 during after-hours, e-mail cnmipheoc@gmail.com, or visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/.
