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METRO MANILA (CNN PHILIPPINES, FEBRUARY 23) — A FILIPINO IN SINGAPORE HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19), THE FIRST CONFIRMED CASE INVOLVING A FILIPINO IN THE COUNTRY, THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SAID.
SOME 200,000 FILIPINOS RESIDE AND WORK IN SINGAPORE, WHILE THERE ARE 1,600 FILIPINOS IN DAEGU AND 2,600 IN YONGSAN, SOUTH KOREA, OFFICIALS SAID.
SINGAPORE』S HEALTH MINISTRY YESTERDAY CONFIRMED THAT A 41-YEAR-OLD PERMANENT RESIDENT HAD BECOME THE COUNTRY』S 89TH CASE. A FILIPINO NATIONAL TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS IN THE LION CITY WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS DEEMED 「RECOVERED」 REACHED 51. IN BANGKOK, THE MILITARY SAID IT IS STRICTLY SCREENING SOLDIERS ARRIVING FOR ANNUAL EXERCISES WITH U.S. FORCES SET TO BEGIN TUESDAY.
SINGAPORE. IN THIS FEBRUARY 21 FILE PHOTO, VISITORS WEARING MASKS AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST A NEW CORONAVIRUS ARRIVE FOR THE SINGAPORE AIRSHOW IN SINGAPORE. THE VIRUS BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD, TRYING TO TRACE EVERY CONTACT WOULD BE FUTILE, SINGAPORE』S PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG ACKNOWLEDGED RECENTLY. (AP)
ADDING TO THE FAMILIES" WORRY, A PHILIPPINE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAID SATURDAY 49 FILIPINOS ON BOARD HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS, TWO OF WHOM WERE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED AND DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND UPDATES REGARDING THE SITUATION OF FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG IN RELATION TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK MAY BE ACCESSED ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PHLINHK/.
EIGHT MORE FILIPINOS HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY THE VIRUS ABOARD CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS, BRINGING UP THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FILIPINOS TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ON THE BOAT TO 35. THE CREW MEMBERS WERE TAKEN TO JAPANESE HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT.
ANOTHER MAJOR REASON FOR UNEASE AMONG DISEASE SURVEILLANCE EXPERTS IN TELANGANA AND ELSEWHERE ARE THE INSTANCES OF SPREAD OF THE AILMENT IN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE REPORTED COVID-19 CASES BUT THE PERSONS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR 2019-NCOV DO NOT HAVE A TRAVEL HISTORY TO CHINA. ITALY AND IRAN, BOTH HAVE REPORTED A SPIKE IN COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES AND EVEN FATALITIES. HOWEVER, THE PERSONS WHO HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DID NOT HAVE A TRAVEL HISTORY TO CHINA. “THERE ARE NUMEROUS QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL TO BE EXPLAINED IN A SCIENTIFIC WAY. AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE ASKED ALL OUR SURVEILLANCE TEAMS TO BE ON HIGH ALERT,” HEALTH OFFICIALS SAID.
GUESTS WHO HAD ALREADY DEPARTED CAMBODIA SINCE DISEMBARKING WILL BE CONTACTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDED FURTHER INFORMATION, HOLLAND AMERICA LINE SAID. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER AN AMERICAN PASSENGER FROM THE CRUISE SHIP TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN KUALA LUMPUR, PROMPTING MALAYSIA TO BAR THE ENTRY OF REMAINING PASSENGERS FROM THE WESTERDAM.
IN THE SOUTHERN CHINESE CITY OF GUANGZHOU, A MAJOR TRADING AND ECONOMIC HUB, A NUMBER OF BARS HAVE STARTED DELIVERING THEIR DISCOUNTED DRINKS. BANDIDOS, A MEXICAN EATERY, IS PACKING ITS 25 YUAN ($3.58) MARGARITAS INTO JARS AND SENDING THEM WITH A STRAW TO CUSTOMERS. THEIR HAPPY HOUR IS FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY BETWEEN 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M LOCAL TIME. CUSTOMERS CAN CONTACT ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE BAR ON MESSAGING APP WECHAT TO ORDER THEIR DRINKS. — ARJUN KHARPAL.
ISRAEL』S FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED ADDED WARNINGS ABOUT TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, AND THE HEALTH MINISTRY IS ORDERING ISRAELIS RETURNING FROM THOSE COUNTRIES TO REMAIN IN HOME QUARANTINE. THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY ORDERED FOR THOSE RETURNING FROM HONG KONG, CHINA, MACAU, THAILAND AND SINGAPORE.
A LABOR GROUP SAID THE PHILIPPINES SHOULD COME UP WITH A PROTOCOL FOR HANDLING VIRUS OUTBREAKS ON SHIPS. THIS SHOULD BE TIMELY SINCE MANY SEAFARERS OF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINES ARE FILIPINO. THE NUMBER OF FILIPINOS INFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-2019) ABOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP ROSE TO 52. FILIPINOS ABOARD THE SHIP WHO TESTED NEGATIVE ARE DUE TO RETURN TO THE COUNTRY ON TUESDAY. MEANWHILE, A FILIPINO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID IN SINGAPORE. A SECOND FILIPINO IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) HAS ALSO BEEN INFECTED WITH COVID. AND SOUTH KOREA HAS RAISED ITS VIRUS ALERT LEVEL TO THE HIGHEST DUE TO THE OUTBREAK.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH UNTV』S MORNING PROGRAM GOOD MORNING KUYA, CHARGE D』 AFFAIRS CONSUL CHRISTIAN DE JESUS SAID THAT SO FAR, THERE ARE NO COVID-19 CASES INVOLVING A FILIPINO IN SOUTH KOREA.
EARLY ON THE MORNING OF FEB. 2, BEFORE THE SHIP HAD DOCKED IN YOKOHAMA, HONG KONG OFFICIALS INFORMED THE JAPANESE HEALTH MINISTRY ABOUT AN INFECTED PASSENGER, THE NEWSPAPER REPORTED. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR PRINCESS CRUISES SAID THE COMPANY RECEIVED 「FORMAL VERIFICATION」 OF THE INFECTION FROM HONG KONG ON FEB. 3, THE TIMES REPORTED. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE TO PASSENGERS THAT NIGHT, AND THEY WERE ADVISED AROUND 11 P.M. TO REMAIN IN THEIR ROOMS, THE TIMES REPORTED.
THE BUSINESSMAN, STEVE WALSH, FROM HOVE, IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND, CONTRACTED THE VIRUS WHILE AT A CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE LAST MONTH, ACCORDING TO HIS REPRESENTATIVES, BEFORE TRAVELING ON TO A CHALET IN THE FRENCH ALPINE RESORT OF LES CONTAMINES-MONTJOIE. FIVE MORE OF BRITAIN』S EIGHT KNOWN CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE LINKED TO MR. WALSH OR THE CHALET, AS ARE THOSE OF FIVE BRITISH PEOPLE IN FRANCE.
AFTER THE SHIPPED DOCKED IN SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA, ON FEB. 13, TWENTY LAB TESTS FOR THE VIRUS THAT HAD BEEN CONDUCTED ON BOARD CAME BACK NEGATIVE AND PASSENGERS WERE CLEARED TO BEGIN DISEMBARKING AFTER THEY WERE SCREENED FOR SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS. THEY WERE GREETED WITH HANDSHAKES BY CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN, WHO INVITED THEM TO TOUR CAMBODIA. SOME LEFT FOR A HOTEL IN THE CAPITAL, PHNOM PENH, WHILE OTHERS REMAINED ON THE SHIP. HUNDREDS MORE BOARDED FLIGHTS FOR DESTINATIONS AROUND THE WORLD—EITHER RETURNING HOME OR MOVING ON TO OTHER VACATION DESTINATIONS.
RISK OF BOTCHED QUARANTINES (DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE). ON FEBRUARY 3, MORE THAN 3,700 PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE QUARANTINED BY THE JAPANESE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AFTER ONE PASSENGER ON THE SHIP TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. JUST TWO-AND-A-HALF WEEKS LATER, SOME 635 PASSENGERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS, WHILE TWO PASSENGERS HAD DIED AFTER CONTRACTING THE VIRUS. IT IS THIS CRUISE AND ITS SUBSTANDARD QUARANTINE MEASURES THAT ACCOUNT FOR ALMOST HALF OF ALL INTERNATIONAL CASES.
OF THE MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSIDERED “PATIENTS UNDER INVESTIGATION” BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FOR BEING AT RISK FOR COVID-19, NONE EXCEPT THE THREE CHINESE NATIONALS HAVE SO FAR TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE DISEASE.
AS FOR THE FILIPINO MAID TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 IN HONG KONG, PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE RESULT OF THE SECOND CONFIRMATORY TEST TO MAKE SURE THE FILIPINO IS NEGATIVE OR CLEARED OF THE VIRUS.
JAKARTA: THREE INDONESIAN CREW MEMBERS QUARANTINED ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE LINER OFF JAPAN』S COAST HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, FOREIGN MINISTER RETNO MARSUDI SAID ON TUESDAY (FEB 18).

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