Tag: MERS-COV

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 […]

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SOKOR reports 7 new cases of MERS, brings total to 145

South Korea’s Health Ministry reported on Sunday (June 14) seven new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), taking the total to 145 in an outbreak that the World Health Organization called “large and complex.” “As of now, there are 7 new confirmed MERS cases on June 14, leading to the total of 145 patients. 10 patients were discharged from hospital up to now. And as assistant minister Kwon mentioned, one more patient will leave […]

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MERS fear causes face mask sales surge in South Korea

JUNE 8 (Reuters) — Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) fear caused face mask sales surge in South Korea, as a sixth person died and tally of MERS rose to 87. South Korean Health Ministry announced 23 new infections, bringing the total to 87. South Korea now has the second highest number of infections in the world after Saudi Arabia, according to data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Fears over MERS led […]

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DFA confirms 3 Filipina nurses in Saudi Arabia have Mers-Cov

Three Filipina nurses working in Saudi Arabia have tested positive for the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus or Mers-Cov, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs spokesperson Charles Jose said the three female nurses, were exposed to patients with Mers-Cov in the course of their work. The first Filipina Mers-Cov case is a 56-year-old nurse, assigned at an emergency room of a hospital. She is now under isolation in the hospital’s staff house. […]

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Phl again MERS-Cov free; Filipina nurse now clear of virus

The Filipina nurse who was found to be positive for the dreaded Middle East Respiratory Syndrome –Coronavirus (Mers-COV) has now been cleared of the virus, according to the Department of Health. According to acting health secretary Janet Garin, the pregnant Filipina nurse was discharged on Friday morning from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). Garin said the nurse had undergone three succeeding tests every other day.  All showed negative results. She was advised to […]

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Gov’t intensifies efforts to prevent spread of MERS-CoV

MANILA, PIA- The government intensifies the monitoring of airports, seaports and other points of entry to prevent the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the country, the Palace said on Sunday. In a radio interview, Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said that based on the latest reports of the Department of Health (DOH) there is only one confirmed case of MERS-CoV in the country–the Filipino nurse who […]

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