Flu-stricken couple from Boracay rushed to RITM upon arrival in Manila
Credit to Author: Benjamin L. Vergara, TMT| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 05:20:43 +0000
A couple suffering from flu was brought to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) shortly after they arrived in Manila from Boracay on Thursday afternoon.
Authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), who did not identify the couple, saud try were passengers of AirAsia.
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) Public Affairs Department head Connie Bungag on Friday said that the couple voluntarily went to the Bureau of Quarantine (BoQ) at the NAIA terminal 4 and informed them that they have flu.
Health officers checked the couple’s body temperatures and immediately ferried them to NAIA terminal 3 for further check-up.
Since their blood needed to be examined, quarantine personnel eventually transferred the couple to RITM for further tests.
Dave de Castro, spokesman for AirAsia, declined to give details regarding the identity of the couple and their travel history, saying the “info would have come from authorities.”
Pan Pacific Airlines and Royal Air, had stopped accepting flights from Wuhan, from where the novel coronavirus originated.
Other airlines such as Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and AirAsia also cancelled their flights to some Chinese cities amid the continued rise of cases linked to the virus.