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(Eagle News)–The bodies of the country’s first novel coronavirus fatality and that of a person being probed for symptoms of the virus have been buried, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Saturday, Feb. 8. Duque made the disclosure in an interview over radio dzbb a day after Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo refused to divulge what had been done to the body of the 44-year-old Chinese male, also the first 2019-nCoV fatality outside China and […]
Non-airport-related activities also suspended in four NAIA terminals (Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority on Friday, Feb. 7, said it was limiting the issuance of visitors passes for terminals for the purpose of sending off and meeting passengers, and suspending non-airport related activities in the four terminals. In an advisory, MIAA said this was to discourage the public from going to crowded places in compliance with world health experts’ advice and in support of government […]
(Eagle News) — The bodies of the Chinese male who was the country’s second confirmed novel coronavirus case, and of another who was probed for the virus have been “disposed ” properly, the Department of Health said on Friday, Feb. 7. According to Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo, “wala na sila dito sa San Lazaro and of course all following safety procedures.” Asked if they had been buried, Domingo said he could not confirm or deny […]
Contacts of PHL’s three confirmed novel coronavirus cases identified (Eagle News) — The number of people probed for the novel coronavirus has reached over 200, but 57 of them tested negative for the virus, the Department of Health said on Friday, Feb. 7. According to Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo, the DOH is awaiting the results of the tests on 155 PUIs. Domingo said the DOH also identified the 441 people who came in contact with […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III did not say that an Overseas Filipino Worker in Dubai died of the novel coronavirus, the Department of Labor and Employment said on Friday, Feb. 7. “The Labor Secretary on Thursday announced that the OFW had died of ‘coronavirus’ based on earlier information provided (to) his office…The secretary, however, did not say it was the novel coronavirus,” DOLE said in a statement, after the Dubai government denied […]
(Eagle News)–The Bases Conversion and Development Authority on Friday, Feb. 7, gave the assurance authorities were putting in place measures to ensure the safety of communities adjacent to the New Clark City in Capas,Tarlac, where repatriated Filipinos from Hubei, China will be quarantined for 14 days. In a statement, the BCDA said all preventive and precautionary measures are being put in place by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases also […]
(Eagle News) — The Filipino crew member of a cruise ship in Japan is responding well to treatment after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, a Philippine official in Japan said on Friday, Feb. 7. Robespierre Bolivar, Philippine Deputy Chief of Mission to Japan, said in an interview over radio dzbb that the Filipino who was among the 538 Filipinos on board the Diamond Princess bound for Yokohama was undergoing the treatment in a hospital. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Airlines is mounting special flights to ferry passengers who were stranded as a result of the cancellation of PAL flights to and from mainland China for the month of February. In a statement, PAL said the special flights, which will be mounted on Feb. 10, Monday, will serve the Manila-Xiamen and Xiamen-Manila routes. PR 335 will leave Xiamen at 11:05 a.m. and will arrive in Manila at 1:50 p.m. on […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs’ team in charge of repatriating Filipinos from Hubei province in China is now in Wuhan. In a statement, the DFA said Mark Anthony Geguera and Sanny Darren Bejarin of the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai held a consultation meeting with members of the Filipino community in Wuhan and with the Foreign Affairs Office in Hubei Province to discuss details of the operation on Thursday. Another team from the […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The Kremlin said Thursday it has begun checking the body temperature of officials and reporters attending events involving President Vladimir Putin due to coronavirus fears. “This is a precautionary measure,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti after journalists underwent checks at the Kremlin on Thursday afternoon. Peskov said that all participants of meetings involving the 67-year-old Russian leader would be checked. “There is a new screening […]
(Eagle News)–The first batch of Filipinos who opted to leave China amid the novel coronavirus outbreak will arrive over the weekend, the Palace said on Wednesday, Feb. 5. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the repatriated Filipinos will arrive at Clark Airport in Pampanga on Saturday. They will then be brought to the drug rehabilitation facility inside Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija so they can undergo a 14-day quarantine. Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte has […]
Data based on John Hopkins University live dashboard on nCoV-2019 global cases as of Feb. 4, 2020 Screenshot of live virus dashboard of the John Hopkins University analyzing and collating data on novel coronavirus cases worldwide. (Screenshot as of Feb. 4 data at 8:15 p.m./Courtesy John Hopkins University) (Eagle News) – There are increasingly more persons who are recovering from the 2019 novel coronavirus or 2019-nCOv than those who died from the virus that has […]
