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(Eagle News) — Thirty-eight of the 45 staff members of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus have recovered. In a statement, the RITM said the seven remaining COVID-19-positive employees are still in quarantine but are in stable condition. The hospital said they were exhibiting mild to no symptoms. Those who have already tested negative for the virus, the hospital said, have since reported to work. According to the […]
Sa kasalukuyan, ang Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) at lima pang pampublikong ospital ay pwedeng magsagawa ng pagsusuri para sa Zika virus. Hinigpitan na rin ang screening process sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport dahil sa virus.
MANILA, Philippines, July 6 (Eagle News) — The second case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in the country has been announced and confirmed by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday (July 6) after a foreigner from the Middle East tested positive of the said virus. According to Health Secretary Janette Garin, the patient has been put in an isolation unit and is being treated at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine […]
ALABANG, Philippines, June 30 (Eagle News) — The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) is currently examining three South Koreans who show symptoms of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS. Said patients are considered under investigation since it is not yet confirmed that they have MERS. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/Y7_Akxd8Oy0
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 […]
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 […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News Service) — The Department of Health (DOH) has declared that the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), the country’s National Reference Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, is now more prepared to respond to the threat of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) but still needed upgrading to better handle a possible Ebola entry in the country. Health Secretary Enrique Ona said that the existing facilities of RITM still need to be upgraded […]
