Effect explosion and the coronavirus

Randy David 03/09/2020

Less than two months after Chinese authorities acknowledged the emergence of an infectious outbreak from an unknown coronavirus in the city of Wuhan in central China, the world is witnessing an explosion of effects never before seen…

Those unwelcome visitors from South Korea

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/01/2020

  Despite the declaration of Department of Health 7 Director Jaime Bernadas that Central Visayas is COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) free, people are still worried about the spread of the coronavirus.  The mode of transmission is human…

Selling like face masks

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/09/2020

  What is the hottest commodity item in the world today that has suppliers and manufacturers from across mainland China, North America, Europe, Turkey, and other parts of the world scrambling for new equipment and production supplies…

What about cats, dogs left behind in Wuhan?

Agence France Presse 02/05/2020

  BEIJING — China’s unprecedented quarantining of virus-hit Wuhan has separated millions from their families—and many from their pets, prompting worried owners and kind strangers to take to social media to ensure left-behind animals are looked after.…

Seafarers, Novel Coronavirus and other infections

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 02/04/2020

  Seafarers  were cautioned  to follow health guidelines to prevent the spread of illnesses in view of the recent outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (NCoV) The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) released an advisory for seafarers…

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…

China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed

AP 02/01/2020

BEIJING — Carrying permits demanding “fast passage,” truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the center of a vast effort to contain a…

DILG orders LGUs to create Wuhan coronavirus task forces

Daphne Galvez 01/31/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed all local government units (LGUs) to establish their respective task forces to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This as…

Duterte to impose temporary ban on travelers from Wuhan, entire Hubei province – Go

Christia Marie Ramos 01/31/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to impose a temporary travel ban on travelers coming from Wuhan City, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, and the entire Hubei province in China, his former aide…

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…

Mayor: Group tours from China banned in City of Samal in Mindanao

Froilan Gallardo 01/30/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO — The Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) in Davao del Norte banned the entry of all group tour travels from China to their city in the aftermath of the first confirmed case of…

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.…

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