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Child in Cebu probed for new coronavirus tests negative @ 2020-01-25T08: Back Hot News
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SAMPLES TAKEN FROM A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY ADMITTED IN A CEBU HOSPITAL YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID ON FRIDAY.
A SECOND SWAB TEST DONE ON THE BOY A FEW DAYS AGO AND SENT TO THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE YIELDED A NEGATIVE RESULT FOR CORONAVIRUS INFECTION. THIS TEST IS DIFFERENT FROM THE CONFIRMATORY TEST RESULTS ON A THROAT SWAB AND BLOOD SAMPLE THAT PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES ARE STILL WAITING FOR FROM AUSTRALIA.
THE DOH ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT SAMPLES FROM THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM WUHAN, CHINA — WHERE THE NEW CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK BEGAN — TESTED NEGATIVE FOR THE INFECTION. THEY SENT THE CHILD』S SPECIMEN TO AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE REFERENCE LABORATORY IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA AFTER HE YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR A STILL UNIDENTIFIED CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH AUTHORITIES EARLIER ANNOUNCED. THE BOY ARRIVED IN CEBU CITY WITH HIS MOTHER ON JANUARY 12.
THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (CAAP), AS THE OPERATOR OF MOST OF THE AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY, IS WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH THE DOH AND THE BOQ TO SUPPORT ITS EFFORTS IN SECURING THE AIRPORTS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AND IS CLOSELY MONITORING ARRIVING PASSENGERS FROM CHINA, ESPECIALLY AT KALIBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH HAS DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM WUHAN AND OTHER CHINESE CITIES.?CAAP DIRECTOR GENERAL JIM SYDIONGCO HAS ORDERED THE REACTIVATION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREPAREDNESS PROCEDURES IN CAAP-OPERATED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS SUCH AS PUERTO PRINCESA, GENERAL SANTOS, ZAMBOANGA, DAVAO, KALIBO, LAOAG AND ILOILO.
SENATORS ON WEDNESDAY ASKED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES TO DRAFT AN EMERGENCY PLAN AFTER A CHINESE BOY IN CEBU CITY TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS, DAYS AFTER JAPAN AND THAILAND CONFIRMED THEIR FIRST CASE OF INFECTION FROM A NEW STRAIN THAT ORIGINATED IN WUHAN, CHINA.
HEALTH SECRETARY FRANCISCO DUQUE III CONFIRMED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE IN MANILA ON MONDAY THAT THE DOH IS NOW INVESTIGATING THE CASE OF THE CHILD FROM CHINA WHO WAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR AN UNDETERMINED CORONAVIRUS.
「SAMPLES FROM THE PATIENT WERE FIRST TESTED AT THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE AND YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR THE MIDDLE EASTERN RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS OR MORE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS MERS-COV AND SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS,」 DUQUE TOLD REPORTERS IN MANILA.
APPEAL FOR CALM. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH-7) MEDICAL OFFICERS VAN PHILIP BATON AND SHELBAY BLANCO ANSWER MEDIA QUERIES DURING A BRIEFING ON THE HEALTH BULLETIN OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHINESE BOY FROM WUHAN, CHINA WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR A NON-SPECIFIC CORONAVIRUS, INSIDE THE OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR ON THURSDAY (JAN. 23, 2020). BATON ASKED THE PUBLIC TO STAY CALM AND NOT TO PANIC AS THE BOY TESTED WITH NON-SPECIFIC CORONAVIRUS IS NOW IN STABLE CONDITION. (PNA PHOTO BY JOHN REY SAAVEDRA)
SINGAPORE』S SENIOR MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND TRANSPORT, LAM PIN MIN, SAID IN A FACEBOOK POST THAT SINGAPORE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN CASES OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS PNEUMONIA JUST AS INCREASED TRAVEL IS EXPECTED DURING THE FESTIVE SEASON.
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — LOCAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OFFICES (LDRRMOS) HAVE BEEN ALERTED TO REMAIN VIGILANT ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD THAT THE 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS MAY BRING SHOULD IT MAKE ITS WAY IN THE PROVINCE.
「THE SAMPLES TESTED POSITIVE FOR NONSPECIFICPANCORONAVIRUS ASSAY; THUS THE SPECIMEN WAS SENT TO AUSTRALIA TO IDENTIFY THESPECIFIC CORONAVIRUS STRAIN,」 HEALTH SECRETARY FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III SAID ONTUESDAY, ADDING THAT THE BOY IS NOW ADMITTED IN A HOSPITAL IN CEBU CITY.
「SAMPLES FROM THE BOY, WHO EXPERIENCED FEVER, THROAT IRRITATION AND COUGH, TESTED NEGATIVE FOR MERS-COV AND SARS, BUT TESTED POSITIVE FOR 「NON-SPECIFIC PANCORONAVIRUS,」 DUQUE III TOLD REPORTERS.
AS WITH THE OTHER HUMAN CORONAVIRUS, IT SPREADS THROUGH THE AIR BY COUGHING AND SNEEZING; CLOSE PERSONAL CONTRACT SUCH AS TOUCHING OR SHAKING HANDS; TOUCHING AN OBJECT OR SURFACE WITH THE VIRUS ON IT THEN TOUCHING YOUR MOUTH, NOSE OR EYES BEFORE WASHING YOUR HANDS; AND RARELY THROUGH FECAL CONTAMINATION.

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