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Localized lockdown to happen only if Code Red alert sublevel 2 is raised (Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) is now studying the possibility of declaring a localized lockdown in certain areas in the country as it determines if there are clustering of cases. The department is also closely studying the new cases, especially those with no history of travel abroad, to determine if there is already a “community transmission” in certain […]
ByThomas I. Likness EBC Edmonton Bureau EDMONTON, CANADA (Eagle News) — Public health officials in the western Canadian province of Alberta reported an additional seven cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Chief medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, said Tuesday the new cases are recovering at home in self-isolation. One previously announced person is in hospital. That person had a pre-existing condition and is reported in stable condition. “While new cases are always concerning, […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the 13 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) announced since Monday night are currently admitted in various hospitals in the country, and are being closely monitored. The 13 cases are among the 33 confirmed COVID-19 cases of the country. The DOH identified the hospitals where the various COVID-19 patients are located outside of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine. These are the Dr. Jose […]
(Eagle News) — Health officials in the UK are now tracing all those who may have had interacted with British MP Nadine Dorries, a minister in the health department, who has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently on self quarantine. Dorries herself confirmed in a statement released on Tuesday that she had tested positive for the highly infectious coronavirus. “I can confirm I have tested positive for coronavirus… and have been self-isolating at home,” […]
(Eagle News) — A returning seaman from Imus, Cavite who had passed through Narita Airport in Japan had tested positive for the novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The 48-year old seaman is among the 33 confirmed cases in the Philippines. He is now confined at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, according to Cavite Governor, Jonvic Remulla. The seaman is the first coronavirus case in Cavite. But Remulla said that another Cavite resident, a […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Canada has recorded its first death from the new coronavirus, health officials in the westernmost province of British Columbia announced Monday. The victim, a man living at an elderly care facility, “was infected with COVID-19 (and) passed away last night,” the province’s health officer Bonnie Henry told reporters. Officials have not released the victim’s age. Henry said he had been a resident of the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte dismissed the “no-touch” policy which the Presidential Security Group (PSG) wants to impose to protect his health amid the rising cases of local transmission of the coronavirus in the country. “I want an embrace,” the 74-year old Philippine leader said, stressing that shaking hands is not enough. “Kung tawagin ako ng Diyos ngayon, sa oras na ito, pupunta ako,” Duterte said. “Naging presidente na ko, pinakamataas na maabot […]
by Sébastien VUAGNAT / with Andrew MARSZAL in Los Angeles Agence France Presse The first passengers were taken ashore from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship that docked at California’s port of Oakland Monday, with the infected “being dealt with in proper isolation,” said US Vice President Mike Pence. The Grand Princess arrived in the San Francisco Bay after days stranded at sea with 21 confirmed coronavirus infections among more than 3,500 passengers and crew. Emergency […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Two people have died of the novel coronavirus in the western German city of Essen and virus hotspot Heinsberg, officials told AFP on Monday, the country’s first casualties of the outbreak. In Essen, an 89-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with the virus on March 3 died despite medical measures to support her breathing and circulation. “I regret this death very much,” mayor Thomas Kufen said in a statement, offering […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) — Cyprus on Monday reported its first two confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, meaning that all 27 European Union member states have now reported infections. Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said the two cases were both Cypriot men who had recently travelled home from overseas, and had been among dozens of people tested. “Two of… 50 samples were positive, so these are the first cases of the coronavirus in Cyprus… there […]
(Eagle News) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has gone past 111,000, with deaths due to the virus at almost 3,900. This was based on the live virus dashboard of global cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) of the John Hopkins University compiling information from official sources. As of Monday night, March 9, there are 109 countries and regions with confirmed virus infections, but this could change as new cases are reported each […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte advised all parents to make sure that their school age children stay at home as he directed class suspensions in all levels in Metro Manila from March 10 to March 14 amid the rising cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which have now reached 24. Duterte himself announced the four new coronavirus cases Monday night, March 9, after meeting with the Interagency Task Force for the Management of […]
