Bohol Island News Staff | Posted on Feb. 11, 2020 The temporary travel ban from countries affected by the 2019-novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV […]
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DOH: 8 who came in contact with the 3rd confirmed 2019-nCoV now persons under investigation
Bohol Island News Staff | Posted on Feb. 10, 2020 The Department of Health (DOH) in Manila has confirmed eight persons under investigation for coming […]
Pangolins a potential intermediate host of novel coronavirus: study
Xinhua News | Posted on February 9, 2020 The metagenome sequence of the novel coronavirus strain separated from pangolins was 99 percent identical to that […]
DOH: Persons under investigation in PH now at 267
Bohol Island News Staff | Posted on Feb. 8, 2020 The Department of Health (DOH) has released a new data revealing that the number of […]
5 persons in Bohol ”isolated for nCoV”, says TWG spokesman
By J. Jala | 12:40 AM February 07, 2020 Another nurse, who came in contact with the 60-year-old Chinese woman who tested positive of the […]
Contact tracing, probe into travel history to Bohol, of PH 3rd confirmed coronavirus patient in full blast
The woman, who entered the country as a tourist on January 21, is now the third patient confirmed on having the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) or the Wuhan coronavirus.
LOOK: Burj Khalifa lights up in solidarity with China on coronavirus epidemic
The Burj Khalifa, one of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s most famous landmarks, lit up on Sunday evening in solidarity with China over the coronavirus.
China reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Hunan province
China reported an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu at a farm in Shaoyang city of the southern province of Hunan.
PH confirms first NCoV death in the country
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III confirmed Sunday the second coronavirus -acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV-ARD) case, and first death (with other complications) in the country and outside China.
Boholanos slam slow gov’t decision to ban Chinese tourists amid 1st 2019-nCoV case in PH
Some Boholanos expressed their dismay over the Philippine government’s refusal to ban travels to and from mainland China. This, after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the Philippines’ first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
DOH 7 RD Bernadas: 1st confirmed PH NCoV patient went to Cebu, Dumaguete
Dr. Jaime Bernadas, the regional head of the Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas said on Thursday that the 38-year-old female Chinese tourist, has a travel history in the cities of Cebu and Dumaguete, is currently confined in a hospital in Metro Manila.
DOH confirms first case of new nCoV in PHL
The Philippines on Thursday confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).