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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health today, Jan. 30, confirmed a positive novel coronavirus 2019 (nCoV 2019) case, saying that the patient was a 38-year old Chinese woman from Wuhan, China who is now considered “asymptomatic.” The DOH said that it is now “working closely with the hospital where the patient is admitted.” “The Bureau of Quarantine remains on high alert,” DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a briefing Thursday, Jan. 30. “We […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health is now awaiting the results of the confirmatory tests on a Chinese national confined at the San Lazaro Hospital, considered a patient under investigation (PUI) for novel coronavirus infection, who died on Thursday, Jan. 29, for pneumonia. The DOH said that the 29-year old man who came from Yunnan province was also HIV positive upon testing, but that a confirmatory test on this too is necessary. San Lazaro […]
(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) – There are at least 27 persons in the country who have been considered “patients under investigation” (PUIs) for the novel coronavirus infection, and three of them so far have been discharged from hospitals after results showed they are negative of the disease, the Department of Health said. This brings to 24 the current suspected novel coronavirus infections in the country which are still awaiting confirmatory test results from either the Reasearch […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Tuesday, Jan. 28, expressed support for the repatriation of Filipinos from Hubei in China. Wuhan in Hubei is the seat of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a press conference that those who choose to return “will be taken care in a medical facility for monitoring and medical management.” He said a “quarantine plan” shall also be disclosed to them. […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health has assured the public that there is still no positive coronavirus case in the country. This is even as at least 8 persons, including a Chinese couple who came from Wuhan and another Chinese national from Hubei province, who were considered as PUIs or persons under investigation for the disease. Health Secretary Francisco III said earlier that at least 11 persons suspected to have the virus were […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Nancy Binay has called on the Department of Health and other government agencies to prepare an emergency response plan amid the threat of a novel coronavirus. Binay issued the call as she filed Senate Resolution 293 which aims to determine appropriate measures and necessary funding requirements to ensure quick and efficient government response to address a possible outbreak. “It might be best for the DOH to review the protocols in place and check […]
Man came from Wuhan, China, seat of novel coronavirus outbreak (Eagle News) — (Eagle News)– The Department of Health is monitoring a man in Tacloban for showing signs of a respiratory infection after arriving from Wuhan, China, where the novel coronavirus was first identified. Undersecretary Eric Domingo said the 36-year-old man worked in the Chinese city and arrived in the country on Jan. 17. The man is now isolated in a health facility. Earlier, the […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health in Central Visayas said that the second test on the five-year old Chinese boy who first tested positive for the coronavirus showed he is now negative of the disease. But despite the negative result of the second swab test done earlier on the boy, it is still important to wait for the confirmatory test result that the country had sent to Australia, said the DOH. The second swab […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has recorded four more polio cases in the country, bringing the number of cases since an outbreak was declared in September 2019 to 16. The DOH said of the four, two were males aged two and three from Maguindanao. One was a two-year-old male from Sultan Kudarat and the other a three-year-old male from Quezon City. The DOH said the children experienced fever, diarrhea, muscle pain, asymmetric ascending […]
(Eagle News)-At least 164 firecracker-related injuries were recorded during the holidays, when people welcomed the New Year. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the lower number since the 251 recorded in 2019 could be attributed to Executive Order No. 28 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2017. The order regulates the use of firecrackers. In a separate statement, the Philippine National Police hailed the holidays were the most peaceful, with zero deaths recorded. The PNP […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, Dec. 8, reiterated it was a crime for hospitals to ask a person in need of urgent emergency care for cash deposits before attending to him or her. Under RA 10932, or the Strengthened Anti-Hospital Deposit Law, in cases of emergency which can lead to a person’s death, the hospital will not “request, solicit, demand or accept any deposit or any other form of advance payment” before giving the […]
