Quezon City hospital staff deny nCoV case, lockdown
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:54:45 +0000
PERSONNEL from the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City belied claims on social media that a patient was admitted for the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) and that hospital declared a lockdown because of it.
“Madami pong natawag tungkol diyan, ‘di naman po totoo sir (We have received calls asking about the news but they’re not true),” an unidentified information desk officer told The Manila Times.
“Wala po kasi kung naka-lockdown, walang ganyan ganyan [pointing cars going in and out of the hospital] (There is none because if the hospital is on lockdown, there will be no [activity like that],” said a security guard, who also requested anonymity.
On Tuesday, there were posts circulating on social media about a hospital lockdown because of a “confirmed” case of 2019-nCoV. FRANZ LEWIN EMBUDO