Credit to Author: Bernadette Tamayo| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:19:26 +0000
RUSSIAN Ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev on Tuesday said Russian scientists have developed a vaccine against the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD). “It’s now being tested. We are on the right track. I believe quite soon [there will be cure for nCoV],” Khovaev said during The Manila Times roundtable discussion. He […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:30:18 +0000
THE number of patients under investigation (PUI) for the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in the country jumped to 382 Tuesday from 314 a day earlier. According to the Department of Health’s (DoH) situation report posted on its website, the confirmed cases remained at three with 2 fatalities. It added that 266 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:58:01 +0000
INTERIOR Secretary Eduardo Año ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest purveyors of fake news about the novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV-ARD). Año, in a statement, directed the Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) to “go after the perpetrators of false information on coronavirus because their acts are inimical to the interest of the general public”. Año said […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Benjamin L. Vergara, TMT| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 01:12:53 +0000
FOLLOWING a travel restriction imposed by the Philippine government amid an outbreak of the 2019-novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Syndrome (2019-nCoV ARD), another airline cancelled four Taiwan flights starting on Tuesday. “In support of the efforts by the Philippine government to manage the risks from the novel coronavirus, and the inclusion of Taiwan in the travel […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:00:18 +0000
THE 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) acute respiratory disease is likely to slow down the Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) growth by 0.3 percent for the whole year, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno revealed on Thursday. “Preliminary BSP estimates show a 0.3 ppt (percentage point) reduction in 2020 GDP . . .,” Diokno told reporters […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:17:34 +0000
A Filipina working in Dubai died from a strain of coronavirus, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd disclosed on Thursday. Bello identified the fatality as Amalia Collado Dapronoza, 58. He said the Pathology and Genetics Department of the Dubai Health Authority was awaiting the results of the test from Australia that would determine whether Dapronoza died of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) or […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 06:30:48 +0000
THE annual homecoming of alumni members of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) has been rescheduled to a later date amid concerns over the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD). PMA Alumni Association Inc. (PMAAAI) Chairman Rufo de Veyra announced that the PMA homecoming was reset to February 22. De Veyra confirmed that the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:45:12 +0000
A Filipino was one of 10 people on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan who was found to have been infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday. The DFA said the unidentified Filipino, a crewmember, and nine others would be “transferred to a healthcare facility.” […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:19:52 +0000
OVERSEAS Filipinos to be repatriated from Hubei, China will be quarantined at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Wednesday. “They will be on quarantine. Because they are coming from the hot zone,” said Health Undersecretary for Public Health Services Team Myrna Cabotaje in a hearing by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Metro Manila Development. The […]
Read moreCredit to Author: John Eric Mendoza| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 07:30:54 +0000
A THIRD case of the Novel CoronaVirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019-nCoV ARD) has been recorded in the country, as the number of patients suspected to have been infected with the disease increased to 133 from about 80, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Wednesday. Health Undersecretary Orlando Domingo told a press briefing in Manila […]
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