LGUs, hospitals adopt ways to detect n-CoV

Credit to Author: Cris Diaz| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:18:52 +0000

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental: Local government unit (LGU) and health officials in this port capital of Northern Mindanao have adopted ways to prevent the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in the region. Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano said the provincial government was acquiring thermal scanners for distribution to […]

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China virus to make PH tourism, exports suffer

Credit to Author: Mayvelin U. Caraballo, TMT| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:30:11 +0000

THE 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) that broke out in China and has spread overseas would likely drag growth in the Philippines’ tourism and export sectors this year, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said on Tuesday. Dominguez’s view was shared by a number of analysts, who estimated that the virus’ impact on […]

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PSEi goes downhill for 6th consecutive day

Credit to Author: Tyrone Jasper C. Piad| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:20:33 +0000

The local bourse has not yet sought refuge from the global epidemic that is the 2019-novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), plunging into red territory for sixth consecutive trading day. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) dropped by 0.89 percent or 63.76 points to end at 7,137.03 while the wider All Shares declined 0.82 percent or 35.38 […]

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DoH confirms first NCoV-ARD death

Credit to Author: John Eric Mendoza| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 03:10:47 +0000

HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd confirmed on Sunday that a Chinese man died of the Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019 NCoV-ARD) on Saturday, the country’s first fatality. “This is the first reported death outside China, but bear in mind that this is not a locally acquired case, but in the epicenter of the disease […]

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2 military camps eyed as quarantine areas for suspected nCoV ‘carriers’ 

Credit to Author: Dempsey Reyes| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 02:24:28 +0000

THE government is eyeing the drug rehabilitation facility of Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija and Caballo Island as quarantine areas for Filipinos who will be coming home from Wuhan and other areas in China affected by the novel coronavirus (nCoV), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday. “They are looking at both areas. No decision […]

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