A village in Baybay town in Leyte province has been placed under a state of calamity after nine elementary school pupils were found positive for influenza A(H1N1) virus, a local health officer said.

Dr. Edgardo Daya of the Leyte provincial health office's A(H1N1) monitoring center said nine pupils from the Guadalupe Elementary School in Baybay were confirmed infected with the new influenza virus.

"The village of Guadalupe in Baybay is now under a state of calamity," Daya said, as he reported latest results of the provincial health office's A(H1N1) monitoring.

He said a total of 95 people from 9 towns in Leyte have tested positive for A(H1N1). Majority of the patients are students, he said.

The other towns with confirmed A(H1N1) cases are: Palo, Sta. Fe, San Miguel, Carigara, Barugo, Lapaz, Hilongos, and MacArthur.

On Monday, the Holy Trinity College in Alang-Alang town suspended its classes for 10 days after four of its students were confirmed infected with the virus.

Daya said 6 other schools have already been affected by the virus. These are: the Sacred Heart Seminary, Bethel International School, Sta. Rosa National High School, San Miguel National High School, Barugo Central School, and the Philippine Science High School.

"We have asked the schools administrations to clean and disinfect their campuses," Daya said. -- With a report from Ranulfo Docdocan, ABS-CBN Tacloban