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(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday, Jan. 29, said it “might be difficult” to repatriate Filipinos from Wuhan, China. He said this was because “we might even be risking them to contamination.” “The best way, I suppose, is to let them stay there and follow protocols in China,” he said. Panelo issued the remark after the Department of Health said Filipinos there could return to the Philippines for as long as they undergo a […]
(Eagle News) — A special team of officers will handle immigration procedures for Filipinos returning from Hubei, China, where Wuhan, the seat of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, is situated. According to Justice spokesperson Markk Perete, the officers will be provided protective gear. He said they have also been briefed by the Bureau of Quarantine. On Wednesday, the Department of Health said Filipinos from China could return provided they undergo a 14-day quarantine upon […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Wednesday, Jan. 29, said there was still no confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the country, noting that four of the 27 people the agency had said were closely being monitored had already been discharged. Of the 23 persons now under investigation, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said 17 were in the National Capital Region, one in Western Visayas, one in Mimaropa, one in Eastern Visayas, […]
(Eagle News)–The Medical City has denied it had persons under investigation for the novel coronavirus. The Pasig-based hospital issued the statement following online reports a patient with the virus had been confined there. “We need to exercise caution when sharing unvalidated statements as these will only cause unnecessary anxiety,” the hospital said. It added that it “exercises the highest standards of infection control and hospital protocols in dealing with patients suspected of being infected with […]
