President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the Philippines under a state of public health emergency to arrest the spread of coronavirus infections, after authorities confirmed local transmissions of the disease.
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West Canayaon barangay execs on “alert” as cargo vessel from China docks
Barangay officials of West Canayaon in Garcia Hernandez town are not letting their guards down as they carefully monitor the activities of the Chinese crew on board a Chinese vessel that docked there earlier this morning.
Bohol Wisdom School cancels classes on Friday as ‘precautionary measure’
The Bohol Wisdom School (BWS) suspended classes on Friday, February 7, 2020, to conduct disinfection inside the school premises as part of its precautionary measures.
1 person under investigation in Bohol, says DOH-7
By Bohol Island News Staff | Posted on Feb. 3 at 5p.m. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) confirmed there is one person […]
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.
Sen. Hontiveros: temporary travel ban to combat 2019 NCov
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday slammed the slow decision of the government to temporarily ban all Chinese tourists to the Philippines.
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).
Aumentado files resolution to temporarily ban flights from China to Bohol
Representative Erico Aumentado of the second district of Bohol has filed House Resolution 669 to impose an immediate travel moratorium on flights from China to Bohol due to coronavirus.
PHL suspends visa-on-arrival for Wuhan tourists
The Philippine government is now denying visa-on-arrival applications from tourists originating from Wuhan, China amid risks posed by the coronavirus.
Coronavirus outbreak: Wuhan hospital doctor dies from virus -– state media
A doctor who had been at the front line in battling the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, has died from the new virus, State-run China Global Television Network reported Saturday.
172 passengers land in Bohol airport from China, ‘pass’ coronavirus screening
A total of 172 passengers from mainland China arrived in Bohol airport, Friday morning. Chinese tourists arrived at 7:45 a.m. via Pan Pacific Airlines flight from Chengdu City, China.