Butuanon River in Mandaue tested positive for poliovirus — DOH

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) announced that samples taken from Butuanon River in Mandaue City had tested positive of the poliovirus. The state’s health department said this as they confirmed another case of…

20 Negros Or. PUMs complete 14-day quarantine: No n-CoV symptoms

Florence Baesa 02/08/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — Twenty of the 23 persons under monitoring (PUMs) of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019 n-CoV ARD) have already completed their 14-day home quarantine and showed no symptoms of the disease.…

Five Lapu-Lapu City residents under home quarantine closely monitored

Norman V. Mendoza 02/07/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Five residents in Lapu-Lapu City, who have been placed under home quarantine, are being closely monitored by the Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) and the city’s nCoV Incident Management Team.…

Pinoy nurse, Chinese female among 4 PUIs in Bohol

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Four patients are now under investigation (PUIs) for suspected 2019 novel coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in Bohol province. In a situation report of the Bohol Provincial Health Office, nCoV Spokesperson Dr.…

Dumaguete mayor urges public to be calm, vigilant amid n-CoV threat

Florence Baesa 01/30/2020

DUMAGUETE  CITY, Negros Oriental — Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo has encouraged the Dumagueteños to be vigilant and live a healthy lifestyle.  Earlier, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III confirmed that a Chinese woman confirmed to be…

Wuhan coronavirus threat: Governor Degamo places Negros Or. on ‘Red Alert’

Florence Baesa 01/30/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, NEGROS ORIENTAL, Philippines — Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo has placed the province under “Red Alert” after a Chinese woman, who was positive of coronavirus, was reported to have visited Dumaguete City.  To recall, Health…

Gwen on n-CoV threat: Mandatory quarantine instead of stopping flights from China

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Instead of ordering for the halt of flights from China, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said all passengers coming from the country should be subjected to a mandatory quarantine of up to 14 days upon…

DOH-7: Confirmatory tests on Wuhan coronavirus should also be done in Cebu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is hoping that confirmatory tests for the 2019-novel coronavirus or Wuhan coronavirus can be done in Cebu.  Doctor Shelbay Blanco of the DOH-7 said confirmatory…

Rama: Implementing tourist ban is national government’s call

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is not the right agency to ban tourists from countries affected by the 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) or Wuhan coronavirus, it should be the concern of the national government.  This was the…

Animal-human health monitoring approach in Cebu to battle nCoV pushed

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With the the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) being ‘zoonotic’ in origin or a disease that is transmissible in nature from vertebrate animals to humans, Cebu province may consider a joint approach between the…

DOH-8: No confirmed 2019-nCoV in Tacloban City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – There is no confirmed case of the 2019 novel coronavirus, simplified as 2019-nCoV, in Tacloban City in Leyte province. Quoting the press conference conducted by the Department of Health in Eastern Visayas (DOH…

PDRRMO to local responders: Formulate contingency plan in case n-CoV enters Cebu

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices (LDRRMOs) have been alerted to remain vigilant on the public health hazard that the 2019 novel coronavirus may bring should it make its way in the…

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