According to Department of Health (DOH) Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Filipina nurse that tested positive for MERS-CoV is already in stable condition.
Tag: MERS-COV
NAIA implements stricter quarantine measures against Middle Eastern passengers
Due to the first confirmed case of the deadly MERS-CoV being recorded in the Philippines, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) implemented stricter quarantine measures especially regarding passengers from the Middle East.
Gov’t implements preventive measures after report of MERS-CoV infection
MANILA, PIA- President Benigno S Aquino III has directed Acting Health Secretary Janette Garin to carry out the necessary preventive measures after a nurse from Saudi Arabia tested positive for MERS-CoV and was admitted to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) for treatment, the Palace has said. “Contact tracing is being done to locate fellow passengers of the patient who travelled from Saudi Arabia to Manila last week,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said […]
Phl declared MERS-Cov – free by DOH
MANILA, Sept. 5 (PNA) — The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said that they can now safely say that the Philippines is really free from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-Cov) after all. DOH spokesperson Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy said they have officially received confirmation from authorities in Saudi Arabia that the 37-year-old nurse from General Santos City, who was earlier reported positive of contracting the virus, has turned out negative in the […]
Family member of nurse from Saudi isolated for possible MERS-CoV infection
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Sept. 4 (PNA) — The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 12 has sent to the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City for isolation and testing a close family member of a nurse from Banga town in South Cotabato who tested positive of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corono Virus (MERS-CoV) before returning home from Saudi Arabia last week. Dr. Alah Baby Vingno, chief of the DOH Region 12’s regional epidemiology […]
Saudi review reveals 100 more Mers-Cov cases
Over a hundred cases of MERScov have gone unreported, with a Saudi press agency reporting significantly higher figures compared to the official report of the Saudi health ministry.
2 more Pinoys die of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia – DFA
MANILA, Philippines (PNA)– Two more Filipino workers based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia died of the Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) this month, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday. DFA Spokesman Charles Jose said the first death was reported on May 12, the other on May 18, bringing to five the total number of Filipinos who have died from the disease. Jose did not disclose the nature of the fatalities’ work or their gender. […]
Possible cure for Mers-CoV in the offing?
Could there soon be a possible antidote to battle the dreaded Mers-CoV? Doctors and scientists worldwide are hopeful after research teams from China and the United States have reportedly stumbled upon anti bodies that can possibly be the initial step toward creating a remedy to battle the disease. This according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), which reported the findings presented by Harvard’s Dana-Fabrer Cancer Institue and the University of North […]
President Aquino orders DOH to step up efforts in locating Etihad Flight EY 0424 passengers
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, April 21 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has directed the Department of Health (DOH) to intensify efforts in locating and contacting the passengers of the Etihad Airlines Flight EY 0424 who need to be screened for possible Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. Last April 15, a returning overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who worked as a nurse in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was tested positive for MERS-CoV […]
Saudi Arabia announces jump in new cases of deadly MERS virus
(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has confirmed seven new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), adding up to 36 infections in five days, a sudden increase of a disease that kills about a third of the people infected and has no cure. MERS, a SARS-like novel coronavirus that emerged in Saudi Arabia two years ago, has infected 231 people in the kingdom, of whom 76 have died, the Health Ministry said on its website. Meanwhile, another cluster of cases […]
