Despite a case under observation in Northern Mindanao, the Department of Health assured the public that the Philippines remain free from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus. DOH added that only the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine can confirm if a person has MERS-cov. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/WOuMaQE7DhA
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Palace official assures Philippines is prepared for MERS-CoV
JUNE 15 — A Palace official on Monday assured that the country is prepared to deal with the Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). “The Philippines is fully prepared to thwart and contain the Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus and government has put in place all the necessary preventive measures, including contact-tracing and other infection control protocols to isolate those exhibiting symptoms of MERS-CoV,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement. Secretary Coloma noted that […]





