Tag: Wuhan virus

DOJ: Special team to handle immigration procedures for Filipinos returning from Hubei, China

(Eagle News) — A special team of officers will handle immigration procedures for Filipinos returning from Hubei, China, where Wuhan, the seat of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, is situated. According to Justice spokesperson Markk Perete, the officers will be provided protective gear. He said they have also been briefed by the Bureau of Quarantine. On Wednesday, the Department of Health said Filipinos from China could return provided they undergo a 14-day quarantine upon […]

DOH: Still no confirmed 2019-nCoV case in PHL; 4 of 27 PUIs discharged

(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Wednesday, Jan. 29, said there was still no confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the country, noting that four of the 27 people the agency had said were closely being monitored had already been discharged. Of the 23 persons now under investigation, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said 17 were in the National Capital Region, one in Western Visayas, one in Mimaropa, one in Eastern Visayas, […]