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Swab samples taken: 53 test negative; 1 test positive; 23 more awaiting results (Eagle News) – At least 77 travelers from the United Kingdom were able to enter the country before the Philippines imposed a travel ban of UK flights on December 24 after news of a highly infectious virus variant, B.1.1.7, that was first detected in Britain. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the Department of Health is now closely monitoring these […]
G614 virus strain only found in QC samples, may not be present yet in whole country (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the G614 mutation of the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 which was found in a sample of positive cases in Quezon City “may not represent the mutational landscape for the whole country.” But the DOH noted that this G614 variant which has also been reported in many other countries with […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) – The Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) has resumed full operations after downscaling for about a week, the Department of Health said. “Ngayon po ay full operations na po uli ang RITM. Fully functional na po sila,” said DOH Spokesperson Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a virtual press briefing on Sunday, April 26. She said only two of the 43 infected RITM personnel have yet to finish their quarantine, while none of […]
(Eagle News)–Only two of the 40 employees of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine who were infected with COVID-19 are confined in a hospital. In a television interview on Wednesday, April 22, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the two patients were aged 50 and up. The rest of the 40, she said were only under home quarantine. “Maliban doon (sa dalawa), ang ibang empleyado ay may mga minor (symptoms) at asymptomatic naman sila kaya […]
(Eagle News) – At least 40 staff members of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) tested positive for COVID-19 forcing the facility to reduce operations to allow disinfection activities, and to investigate and do further tests on other employees. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they are still determining the source of the infection, but that initial information that they have is that those who have been going home from the facility were […]
(Eagle News) – ACTS-CIS Partylist Rep. Eric Yap had tested negative for COVID-19, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine clarified Friday night, March 27, as it apologized for the “encoding error” done by an augmentation staff. “We wish to publicly apologize to Hon. Erick Go Yap of ACTS-CIS Partylist for forwarding a report of his COVID-19 results that displayed a clerical oversight,” a statement from the RITM said. RITM said that this was an […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte underwent testing for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) along with his former aide, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, at the Bahay Pagbabago in the Malacanang grounds at around 5 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2020. They were tested by health personnel from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) led by Director Celia Carlos. Go, earlier explained in a statement, that they decided to take the test even though they do no […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Nancy Binay is seeking for an increase in the budget for environmental surveillance of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine. Binay wants P248 million for the RITM, which she said was key in detecting the re-emergence of the polio virus. She said this was despite the fact its budget for environmental surveillance was cut from P198 million in 2019 to P118 million for next year. “Bakit na instead of lauding the RITM for […]
(Eagle News) — The two poultry workers from Pampanga who exhibited flu symptoms have tested negative for bird flu. In a radio interview on Wednesday, Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial said based on the results of the test done by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, the poultry workers from San Luis where a bird flu outbreak was declared this week had influenza type B, or human influenza, instead. Influenza type A is bird flu, while […]
MANILA, July 12 –The Palace welcomed the statement of the World Health Organization, which commended the Philippines for successfully handling the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases in the country. There were two case of MERS-CoV in the Philippines—one when a Filipino nurse from the Middle East arrived in the country with the disease and recently a foreigner entering the Philippines was initially suspected to be infected with MERS-CoV. “We have always stated that […]
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 […]
