Digos City -  On Monday, Don Mariano Marcos Elementary School suspended classes for SPED Center Grades 1-A1 up to 6-A1 after an eight your old girl was found positive of A(H1N1) on Saturday.  Digos City Health Officer Dr. Roland Jumilla revealed that the was patient possibly contaminated during their family picnic in Samal with balikbayan kins from Japan.  Her aunt was also diagnosed positive after suffering sever cough and fever.  Five others who were in close contacts with the patients were immediately monitored after showing influenza like symptoms. One of them, fourteen year old high school student, was also diagnosed positive Monday afternoon.The three patients live in one compound and the spread of the virus among them was too risky, Dr. Jumilla said.  Tuesday morning, the principal of Digos National High School decalred no classes for ten days to conduct sanitation and disinfection of the school especially the room of the high school student patient.  Classes on both schools will resume on July 24. 
Dr. Jumilla however stressed, parents hould not worry over the cases since it is already contained within the compound of the victim.  All patients are slowly recovering, while classmates and friends of the patients are now being closely monitored.