CV’s Quarantine Bureau: Mandatory health declaration checklist to all flights arriving in Mactan airport

Morexette Marie B. Erram and Futch Anthony Inso 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bureau of Quarantine in Central Visayas (BOQ-7) has expanded the coverage of the mandatory health declaration checklist to all flights arriving at Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA).  Dr. Terence Anthony Bermejo, BOQ-7…

Police in Cebu to help DOH trace persons in the same flight with woman positive for nCoV

Alven Marie A. Timtim 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) will help trace the persons who were in the same flight with the 38-year-old woman who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (nCoV). Police Brigadier…

GMCAC: Airport workers in contact with Wuhan couple are safe and healthy

Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/03/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Workers of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) are free from any signs and symptoms of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) as of now.  Michael Lenane, GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport…

MCIA: 79 Pinoys who arrived from China on Feb. 2 under self quarantine 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/03/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – The Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) disclosed that 200 passengers from China landed at Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) on Sunday, February 2, 2020.  MCIAA general manager, lawyer Steve Dicdican, said these…

Chan favors temporarily ban of flights from China than 14-day quarantine at airport

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said he was more favorable on banning direct flights to Cebu from China than placing travelers in a 14-day quarantine. In a press conference on Friday, January…

Wuhan woman only stayed three hours at Cebu airport — Bernadas

Morexette Marie Erram 01/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 38-year-old patient from Wuhan City, who tested positive of the 2019 novel coronavirus (n-CoV or Wuhan coronavirus) did not stay long in Cebu. Read more: Wear mask only when sick, immunocompromised –…

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…

Capitol tells passengers: Faithfully fill out MCIA health declaration cards

Rosalie Abatayo 01/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government is asking passengers of international flights arriving at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) to “faithfully” fill out their health declaration forms amid the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) alert.…

Lapu mayor asks DOH to ban direct flights from neighboring cities of Wuhan City

Rosalie Abatayo 01/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Amid the threat of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has called on the Department of Health (DoH) to consider banning direct flights from the neighboring cities of Wuhan, China…

Here’s what you need to know on MCIA’s precautionary measures amid threat of 2019-nCoV

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Norman V. Mendoza 01/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Precautionary measures to control the potential spread and entry of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019 – nCoV)  are now being implemented by airport authorities from the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) community. The MCIA…

DOH-7 sends more doctors, nurses to T2 of Mactan-Cebu International Airport

Futch Anthony Inso 01/22/2020

Cebu City, Philippines—The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has already augmented doctors and nurses to the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) station at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Terminal 2 to help monitor passengers coming in…

Duterte unveils marker on renovated MCIA Terminal 1

Irene R. Sino Cruz 01/20/2020

CEBU CITY–The unveiling of the marker at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Terminal 1 held Sunday, June 19, 2020, and led by President Rodrigo Duterte will boost efforts to establish the airport as a regional hub. “With…

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