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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, March 11, urged the public to stop panic-buying and overcrowding hospitals even when not needed following the increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the appeal even as he gave the assurance “that we have ample stock of essential items” according to the Department of Trade and Industry. According to Panelo, the public should “buy only what they need” […]
(Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office has been placed on heightened alert amid the novel coronavirus threat. NCRPO chief Debold Sinas said the aim was to use the NCRPO’s resources to “help ensure the prevention of the virus’ transmission and immediate response to any incident that may transpire in Metro Manila.” He said the chiefs of police in Metro Manila are advised to conduct Oplan Bandillo for community awareness and information dissemination. […]
(Eagle News)–The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Wednesday, March 11, said all foreign travel by military personnel was temporarily suspended unless necessary as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. AFP chief General Felimon Santos also noted that he has directed AFP Health Services Command to “institute preventive measures to ensure that military camps have the necessary and stringent safeguards” from COVID-19. “We have already instituted contingency measures, like body temperature checking before entering key […]
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)–San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Wednesday, March 11, confirmed that seven of the 33 novel coronavirus cases in the country came from the city. He said of the seven, four frequented the Muslim prayer hall in Greenhills which the 62-year-old confirmed COVID-19 case and the country’s first local transmission case frequented. Of these four, two also had a history of travel to Bali, Indonesia. He appealed to the public not to panic, […]
(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,” […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey announced Wednesday, March 11, its first coronavirus case, a man who had recently travelled to Europe and is in good health. “The test of a patient suspected of carrying the coronavirus returned positive,” Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a television broadcast. He added that the man was likely to have contracted COVID-19 while travelling in Europe, but declined to say which country or where in Turkey the patient […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — The Civil Service Commission on Tuesday, March 10, announced the postponement of its exams scheduled this Sunday. In an advisory, the CSC said this was in light of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of a state of public health emergency following the increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country. The Philippines has so far confirmed 33 COVID-19 cases. It has imposed a travel ban on China, Hong Kong, Macau […]
by Noel CELIS / and Laurie Chen in Beijing Agence France Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan Tuesday for the first time since the city emerged as the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic in January — a major sign that officials believe the outbreak is under control. Xi’s visit came as unprecedented quarantine measures that have sealed off Wuhan and the rest of central Hubei province since late January […]
Total number of COVID-19 cases in PHL at 33, not 35, the DOH says (Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Tuesday, March 10, apologized for the inaccurate number of new confirmed novel coronavirus cases it initially reported, saying the correct figure was 9, not 11. Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the 11 new cases the DOH initially reported was the figure given by the World Health Organization. Upon verification though, Vergeire […]
