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(Eagle News)–The Philippine Consulate in Hong Kong on Sunday, March 8, confirmed that a fourth Filipino in Hong Kong tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said the Filipino is in a Hong Kong quarantine facility for treatment despite being asymptomatic. Earlier, the Department of Foreign Affairs said three Filipinos in Hong Kong were confirmed to have COVID-19. Two of them have recovered while the third was asymptomatic and healthy.
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health announced on Sunday, March 8, four new confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the country, bringing the total to ten. In a statement, the DOH said the seventh case was a 38-year-old Taiwanese male, the eighth a 32-year-old Filipino male with history of travel to Japan within the last 14 days, the 9th an 86-year-old American male with pre-existing hypertension and history of travel to USA and South Korea, and the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte can only declare a public health emergency if the novel coronavirus is a threat to national security. This is according to Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon who gave a radio interview a day after the President approved the Department of Health recommendation following the confirmation of the country’s first local transmission of the virus. According to Drilon, the declaration “will facilitate mobilization of resources and ease processes, including procurement of critical […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, March 7, called on the public to remain calm and exercise precautionary measures following the confirmation of two new novel coronavirus cases in the country. “Alam kong marami sa inyo, nangangamba sa mga napapanood at nababasa ninyong balita araw-araw tungkol sa coronavirus disease o COVID-19. May mga dumadagdag pa rin sa listahan ng apektado ng sakit na ito. Pero sa bawat araw na lumilipas, sa pagsisikap ng mga […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 Filipinos will be repatriated from Macau on Saturday, March 7. The government said the 167 Filipinos–composed of 137 undocumented and irregular Filipino workers and 30 personnel from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration–were among those stranded when travel restrictions were imposed amid the threat of the novel coronavirus. The Philippines has imposed a travel ban on China, Macau, Hong Kong, among other places as protective measures. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the […]
Gives assurance gov’t is doing its job (Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, March 7, called on the public to be calm, refrain from sharing unverified information, and exercise protective measures against the novel coronavirus. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after the Department of Health confirmed two more COVID-19 cases in the country. One was a 48-year-old Filipino male with a travel history from Japan and the other, a 62-year-old Filipino male in San […]
(Eagle News)–A business process outsourcing firm has confirmed one of its employees in its Taguig office has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. It was unclear, however, if the employee of Deloitte Philippines based in Bonifacio Global City was among the two new COVID-19 cases announced by the Department of Health on Friday. “We confirm that a colleague in our Deloitte Philippines office has tested positive for COVID-19,” the firm, which offers management consultancy and […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government is ready to repatriate the around 500 Filipinos who were stranded off California in the United States amid novel coronavirus fears. So far, though, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said no request for the repatriation of the Filipinos on board the Grand Princess cruise ship had been made. The cruise ship, which was quarantined after one of its passengers died due to COVID-19, carried an estimated 3500 people. “Kung hinihingi […]
(Eagle News) –No need for alarm. This was the reaction of the Palace on Friday. March 6, following the Department of Health’s announcement two more novel coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the country. According to the DOH, one was a 48-year-old male Filipino with travel history to Japan, while the other was a 62-year-old male Filipino in San Juan City, who had no travel history, prompting the agency to say a local transmission was […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has recorded two more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the number of confirmed cases to five. The Department of Health also noted that two of the three foreign nationals who were confirmed to have COVID-19 and who were reported to have a travel history to the Philippines may have contracted the disease somewhere else. In a press briefing on Friday, March 6, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the Philippines’ […]
(Eagle News)–A third Filipino in Hong Kong tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In an advisory, the Hong Kong Consulate General of the Philippines said the news was confirmed by the Hong Kong Health Department. The consulate said the patient, who requested not to be identified, was in isolation and was undergoing treatment in a hospital. She is healthy and is not exhibiting any symptoms, the Consulate General said. The Consulate General said the other […]
(Eagle News) — The first Filipino who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Singapore has been discharged from the hospital after being given a clean bill of health. The Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement this brings the total of COVID-19-positive Filipinos in Singapore back down to two. “The Embassy is in close coordination with the Ministry of Health of Singapore and stands ready to extend assistance to the COVID-19-positive Filipino nationals […]
