DOH confirms first 2019 Novel Coronavirus Case in PH, Assures Public of Intensified Containment Measures

by Barako PH Writers 2020-January-30, 18:44 30k Views 0 Votes

Novel Coronavirus

Today, the Department of Health announced the first confirmed case of the 2019 novel coronavirus in the Philippines.

The patient is 38 year-old female Chinese patient who arrived in the Philippines from Wuhan, China via Hongkong last January 21, 2020.

The announcement was done today by DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III in a press briefing, after results were received from the confirmatory test done at the reference laboratory in Australia.

Meanwhile, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that they will be reconvening the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee meeting on the 2019 novel coronavirus.

I have decided to reconvene the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on the new #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) tomorrow to advise me on whether the current outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. pic.twitter.com/993YBQ6hol
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) January 29, 2020

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