A world of pain

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/15/2020

  That’s how businessmen called the fate of stock market traders as stock exchanges tumbled around the world reeling from the effects of coronavirus and the disease called Covid-19.  The stock traders’ description or prediction of the…

Foreigner with MERS now virus-free

Inquirer 07/11/2015

The foreign national who earlier tested positive of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) is now free of the virus, according to the Department of Health. Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy, DOH spokesperson, in a press briefing,…

No MERS-CoV case in Central Visayas yet

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/09/2015

7 patients test negative;  swab tests available at Vicente Sotto Medical Center SIX persons in Cebu and one in Bohol have tested negative for the infectious viral respiratory disease MERS-CoV, health officials said. “Central Visayas is still…

Foreigner is 2nd MERS case in PH

07/07/2015

Manila — The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed yesterday the country’s second case of the dreaded Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in a foreigner from Dubai who showed symptoms of the disease while visiting Manila. BACKSTORY:…

Lapu-Lapu gov’t steps up measures against MERS

Norman V. Mendoza 06/18/2015

LAPU-LAPU City’s tourism commission  will call a meeting with hotel, resort and restaurant operators to discuss  preventive measures against possible cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Lapu-Lapu City Tourism Officer Hembler Mendoza said he will…

2 Mers hospitals sealed for now

AP 06/13/2015

SEOUL – South Korea has sealed off two hospitals that treated people with a deadly respiratory disease, officials said, even as the outbreak that has been spreading through health facilities could have peaked, with just four new…

Researcher, colleagues undergo tests at VSMMC

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/17/2015

ANOTHER passenger from Saudi Airlines 860 and three other persons who had contact with her submitted themselves for laboratory testing at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) the other day. Dr. Dino Caing, Regional Epidemiological and…

3 Cebuanos, two Boholanos test negative for MERS-Cov

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/09/2014

THREE Cebuanos and two Boholanos tested negative for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-Cov) based on throat swab examination results released last week. They were among the passengers on board a Saudi Airlines Flight SV870 and…

Three Cebuanos, two Boholanos test negative for MERS-Cov

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/08/2014

Three Cebuanos and two Boholanos tested negative from MERS-Cov yesterday. The five are among the passengers onboard Saudi Flight No. SV870 that carried 247 passengers and Cebu Pacific SJ997 with 143 passengers together with a Filipina nurse…

No stopping Muslims from going on hajj

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/06/2014

MUSLIMS from Cebu and Central Visayas can still go on their annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos-Visayas (NCMF-7) and the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) said they will not prevent Muslims…

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