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Health authorities are appealing to the public not to be fooled by so-called herbal supplements that can ward off A(H1N1), which has so far affected 428 people in the country as of Sunday.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a radio interview that such products are merely food enhancers and have no therapeutic value.

“Mali yan.  Ang herbal products di naman bakuna ‘yan. Walang approved therapeutic value, food enhancer yan. Huwag tayo magpapaloko sa advertisement,” Duque said in an interview on dzXL radio.

[Those claims should not be taken seriously. Herbal products are not vaccines and they have no therapeutic value. They are food enhancers. Don’t let their advertisements fool you.]

Duque said he has instructed the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) to write the companies making such products to stop making claims that they can cure A(H1N1). He also ordered the BFAD to issue advisories in Filipino that such herbal medicine products have no approved therapeutic claims and should thus not be considered an A(H1N1) cure.

On the other hand, Duque reiterated his advice not to consider flu shots as A(H1N1) cures, although he said they can help protect especially children and the elderly.

“Pero kung ang tanong ay effective ba ito sa AH1N1, ang sagot hindi. Ibang klaseng virus ito [But if you are asking if such flu shots are effective against AH1N1, the answer is no. AH1N1 is a different virus],” he said.

New cases

Duque said that 79 percent of the previous cases of A(H1N1) or about 339 have fully recovered. He also said that the 36 new cases recorded on Sunday were all “mild in nature.”

The new 36 mild confirmed cases involved 15 males and 21 females with ages ranging from two to 59 years old.

Duque noted that 34 of the cases are Filipinos, while the remaining two are foreigners. He added that six of the new cases have a history of travel to a country affected with the novel virus.

“All of these new patients are responding positively to their treatments,” he said.

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