First nCoV patient tests positive as 2 more foreigners under investigation

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:00:44 +0000

THE first Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) patient, a 38-year-old Chinese woman confined at the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, tested positive for the disease, the Department of Health said on Friday. The DoH also said that two more foreigners have become patients under investigation (PUI) — an American and a Chinese. The country is observing 31 […]

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Governments urged to take action

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:23:25 +0000

WUHAN, China: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned all governments to “take action” over the severe acute respiratory syndrome-like virus spreading from China that has killed 170 people and infected around 7,7000 others. The WHO called an urgent meeting for Thursday over whether the viral epidemic should be declared a global health emergency […]

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Asian markets fall

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:20:21 +0000

HONG KONG: Asian markets fell on Thursday, with tech stocks and airlines among key losers as the World Health Organization called an urgent meeting on whether to declare a global health emergency over a virus, which has killed 170 people and infected more than 7,700. United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the 2019 […]

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UPDATE: First case of nCoV confirmed in PH — DoH

Credit to Author: John Eric Mendoza| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 08:07:23 +0000

THE Department of Health has confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in the Philippines. Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd identified the victim as a 38-year old woman from Wuhan, China, who tested positive for the nCoV based on the laboratory results, which arrived today from the Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia. […]

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Countries airlift nationals from Wuhan

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:27:03 +0000

WUHAN, China: Hundreds of Americans and Japanese escaped the quarantined Chinese city at the center of a coronavirus epidemic aboard charter flights on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) as the death toll soared to 132 and confirmed infections neared 6,000. The scale of the deepening crisis was emphasized with the new infection number on the Chinese […]

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