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Some 400 Filipinos aboard virus-hit Japan ship to return home: DOH

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Updated as of Feb 25 10:38 PM

The Philippines is set to bring home Tuesday more than 400 Filipinos aboard virus-stricken cruise ship Diamond Princess off Japan, the Department of Health said. Read more »

DOH to quarantine 500 Filipinos from Japan-moored cruise ship at New Clark City on Sunday

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 08:56 PM

The Philippines' health department on Thursday confirmed that it plans to quarantine at New Clark City (NCC) north of Manila starting Sunday the estimated 500 Filipinos who will be repatriated from Japan. Read more »

Filipinos from Japan virus ship to face new quarantine in Philippines

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Updated as of Feb 20 08:04 AM

MANILA — Hundreds of Filipinos who disembarked from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan will be quarantined for another 2 weeks after they are repatriated to the Philippines, the health department said Thursday. Read more »

DOH says it sees ‘decreasing trend’ of COVID-19 in PH but warns not to be complacent

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 01:29 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said that while there have been no additional cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines, it will remain vigilant as other countries experience local transmission. Read more »

HK-based Pinoys stranded in Manila appeal 'unfair' travel ban before int'l court

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Updated as of Feb 15 07:03 PM

MANILA - The inter agency task force managing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will tackle the request of overseas Filipino workers to be allowed to return to Hong Kong by signing a waiver. Read more »

PH eyes local production of test kits for COVID-19

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 03:33 PM

MANILA - The Philippines is eyeing to locally produce test kits that can detect if a patient is positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), government officials said Friday.   Read more »

Philippines mulls Singapore travel ban vs coronavirus

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Updated as of Feb 14 11:06 AM

The Philippines is assessing the risks of a possible travel ban on Singapore to curb the spread of a novel coronavirus outbreak from China, Manila's health chief said Friday.    Read more »

Philippines eyes 'evidence-based' travel ban vs coronavirus

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Updated as of Feb 14 10:50 AM

The Philippines on Friday will set parameters for "evidence-based" travel restrictions to curb the spread of a novel coronavirus outbreak, the Department of Health said, after Taiwan opposed Manila's ban on its citizens. Read more »

Duque says PH to reconsider Taiwan travel ban

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Posted at Feb 13 10:07 PM

Duque says PH to reconsider Taiwan travel ban Read more »

Novel coronavirus local transmission 'a question of when, not if': Duque

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Posted at Feb 13 09:11 AM

The Philippines is preparing containment measures for the possible local transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which could happen soon, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Thursday. Read more »

2 Pinoys from Wuhan being checked for novel coronavirus symptom: DOH

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Updated as of Feb 12 01:17 PM

MANILA — Two of the 32 Filipinos repatriated from Wuhan, China, the global epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak, are undergoing tests after developing a symptom of the disease, the Department of Health said Wednesday. undergoing tests after developing a symptom of the disease, the Department of Health said Wednesday. Read more »

'No evidence' that new coronavirus could be airborne - DOH

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Updated as of Feb 11 12:06 PM

MANILA - There is "no evidence" that the new coronavirus can spread through the air, the Department of Health said Tuesday, citing information from the World Health Organization. Read more »

Gov't mulls option to fetch more Pinoys in virus-hit China

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Updated as of Feb 11 09:49 AM

The government will take another week to study the repatriation of Filipinos stranded in China due to a travel ban that seeks to contain a coronavirus outbreak, the health department said Tuesday.  Read more »

DOH urges public to avoid crowded events amid coronavirus alert

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Updated as of Feb 10 12:45 AM

The DOH also recommended the cancellation of public events "until further notice," but emphasized it's ultimately up to the organizers to decide. Read more »

Gov't urges 'bayanihan' as Philippines prepares to fetch workers from China virus epicenter

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Updated as of Feb 07 11:03 AM

The public should show "bayanihan" instead of withholding support for the repatriation of nearly 50 Filipinos from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of a global coronavirus epicenter, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Friday.   Read more »

Cumulative PH tally of patients under watch for 2019-nCoV climbs to 178

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Posted at Feb 06 07:06 PM

The number of patients monitored in the Philippines for possible infection of the new coronavirus stood at 178 as of Thursday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said. Read more »

'Nice rooms, full meals:' Repatriated Pinoys from virus-hit Hubei to be isolated in Tarlac

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Updated as of Feb 06 09:39 PM

Filipinos who will be repatriated from the virus-hit Hubei province in China will immediately be isolated and treated with "care and dignity" in facilities of the Athletes Village in New Clark City, the country's health chief on Thursday said.  Read more »

'Fake news' hampers cremation of Philippines' first novel coronavirus fatality

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 08:41 AM

False online information spooked some funeral parlors into backing out of a commitment to cremate the Philippines' first fatality due to the novel coronavirus, the Department of Health said Thursday.  Read more »

DOH seeks delay in homecoming of Pinoys from China virus epicenter

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Updated as of Feb 06 08:10 AM

MANILA — The Department of Health said Tuesday it wants to push back this weekend's repatriation of nearly 50 Filipinos from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a global coronavirus outbreak.  Read more »

Duque criticized for skipping House probe on Wuhan coronavirus

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Posted at Feb 05 11:23 PM

Health Sec. Francisco Duque III gets flak from several lawmakers after he fails to show up at a House hearing on the Wuhan coronavirus. Read more »