Singapore confirms first case of novel coronavirus

Asia News Network, The Straits Times 01/24/2020

  SINGAPORE — A Chinese had been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Singapore, with another likely to have the virus. The 66-year-old man, a Wuhan resident, arrived in Singapore with nine traveling companions on Monday…

DOTr to all seaports, airports: Be vigilant amid 2019 nCoV threats

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/23/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has issued an advisory encouraging all transportation hubs in the country to be vigilant on the threat of the new coronavirus strain from China. In a press…

City of Wuhan stops outbound flights, trains to fight virus

Associated Press 01/23/2020

BEIJING – A Chinese city of more than 11 million people planned to shut down outbound flights and trains Thursday as the world’s most populous country battled the spread of a new virus that has sickened hundreds…

DOH secretary Duque urges netizens not to spread unverified claims of coronavirus infection

Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/22/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Prior to the announcement from the Department of Health (DOH), unofficial reports of the five-year-old Chinese child in Cebu City who contracted an unidentified coronavirus already made rounds online. On Tuesday, January…

Bureau of Quarantine, local health units are on top of coronavirus situation: DOH-7 assures

Rosalie Abatayo 01/21/2020

CEBU CITY , Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) assured the public that the local health units and the Bureau of Quarantine are on top of the situation amid their confirmation that a…

MORE INFO: DOH probes 5-year-old Chinese child in Cebu City who tested positive of unidentified coronavirus strain

Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) is now investigating the case of a 5 year-old Chinese from Wuhan City in China, who is currently admitted in a hospital in Cebu City, after he tested…

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