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MANILA, Philippines, June 18 (Eagle News) — According to Health Secretary Janette Garin, the Department of Health (DOH) met with representatives of private hospitals to update them on the procedures being done by the government to prevent the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in case of the eventuality that said virus enters the country. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/oXR8nnidesU
JUNE 17 (Eagle News) — The government of South Korea initiates the conducting of blood plasma experimental treatment on patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Said experimental treatment was formerly used on patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and the results were positive resulting in a lessening of the death rate. (Seoul, South Korea) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 17 (Eagle News) – – According to Health Secretary Janette Garin, a travel ban to South Korea due to the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is not needed, adding that it will only complicate the situation. She reassured the public that the Philippines is ready for MERS-CoV. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/BA8Z95lzuOU
MANILA, Philippines, June 16 (Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma assured to the public that the government is fully prepared to contain Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) if it ever enters the country. Some of the preventive measures utilized by the government include contact-tracing and other infection-prevention protocols. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/1IzCBznwoBA
MANILA, Philippines, June 16 (Eagle News) — According to Health Secretary Janette Garin, public and government hospitals have the ability to contain Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), contrary to what some groups were saying. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/r8rEAfH6TKA
JUNE 10 (Eagle News) — South Korea records thirteen new cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), increasing the total case of MERS-CoV in said country to 108 total cases. Two new deaths due to said disease were recorded, raising the MERS-CoV death toll in South Korea to nine. (Seoul, South Korea) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/sSh6N82me-o
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang advised Saturday Filipino nationals living in South Korea to take precautionary measures in light of recent confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the country. “I think if I am not mistaken, we have around 55,000 Filipinos in South Korea and we just asked them to take extra measures for their hygiene as well as to follow directives from the South Korean authorities on that matter,” Deputy Presidential […]
Acting Health Secretary declares that the Philippines is once again MERS-Cov free, as the Filipina nurse was finally discharged from the hospital after her successful treatment. Said nurse will still undergo a ten-day quarantine in her home
According to the Department of Health (DOH), the Filipina nurse who tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is ready for discharge next week as she continues to recover.
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 […]
President Aquino asked the Department of Health (DOH) to exert all efforts to halt the spread of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the country.
The Department of Health assured the public that the Philippines is still free from the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, after a Filipina nurse from Saudi Arabia allegedy infected with the virus, tested negative for MERScov.
