Credit to Author: Hannah Smothers| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:02:38 +0000
If someone coughs near you, do they have coronavirus? Should you buy a mask? Go outside? Stockpile food? Here’s everything you need to know.
Read moreCredit to Author: Xinhua| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:53:59 +0000
BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — A new hospital built in just ten days in a Chinese city hit hardest by the novel coronavirus outbreak will soon start operation. Approved by Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping, 1,400 medical staff from the armed forces are tasked with treating patients in the 1,000-bed Huoshenshan Hospital […]
Read moreCredit 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 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Franz Lewin Embudo| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 08:48:05 +0000
THE Department of Health (DoH) disclosed that a Chinese being investigated on suspicion of having contracted the 2019 novel Coronavirus (nCoV) died on Wednesday morning but pneumonia was listed as the cause of his death at the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila. “This morning we have a person under investigation, hindi pa confirmed for NCoV, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: John Eric Mendoza| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:43:31 +0000
The number of suspected 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in the Philippines continues to rise, the Department of Health admitted on Tuesday as it announced that 24 suspected carriers of the virus are being monitored. This was more than double the 11 suspected nCoV cases announced on Monday. Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd gave assurances that […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:26:42 +0000
The government is studying the possible repatriation of Filipinos from areas affected by the deadly 2019 novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte would wait for the recommendation of the Department of Health (DoH) and Department of Foreign Affairs. “Pag-aaralan lahat iyan kasi […]
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