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EARLIER, DFA OFFICIALS SAID THERE WERE OVER FILIPINOS WHO INDICATED INTEREST IN BEING EVACUATED FROM HUBEI PROVINCE, WHERE WUHAN IS LOCATED. HOWEVER, BEFORE THE TEAM LEFT FOR CHINA, DFA REPORTED THAT SOME FILIPINOS OPTED TO REMAIN THERE TO CONTINUE WORKING, WHILE OTHERS ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VISAS AND IMMIGRATION STATUS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNTRY ON SUNDAY 32 FILIPINOS, IN-CLUDING TWO PHILIPPINE CONSULATE STAFF IN CHINA, FROM WUHAN CITY, GROUND ZERO OF THE 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASE (2019-NCOV ARD).
MEANWHILE AROUND 30 FILIPINOS FROM WUHAN, CHINA, RETURNED TO A MILITARY AIR BASE NORTH OF MANILA ON BOARD A CHARTERED ROYAL AIR FLIGHT ON SUNDAY.
THE PHILIPPINES REPORTED THREE CASES. THE THIRD, A 60-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ALSO FROM WUHAN, WAS BELATEDLY CONFIRMED AFTER SHE HAD LEFT THE COUNTRY. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID SHE APPEARED TO HAVE RECOVERED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. SHE WAS DISCHARGED AFTER SAMPLES SENT TO AUSTRALIA TESTED NEGATIVE. BUT A BELATED TEST OF AN EARLIER SAMPLE, CONDUCTED AFTER THE COUNTRY ACQUIRED CAPABILITY FOR LOCAL TESTING, WAS POSITIVE.
UP TO A THIRD OF THE FILIPINOS IN WUHAN EXPRESSED DESIRE TO BE REPATRIATED FROM THE CHINESE CITY, SEN. BONG GO SAID EARLIER.
WUHAN HAS BEEN ON LOCKDOWN FOR FOUR DAYS DUE TO THE 2019-NCOV OUTBREAK, WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES BARRING ALL DEPARTURES FROM THE CITY』S AIRPORT AND RAIL STATIONS.
ASIDE FROM THE PHILIPPINES, OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE THAILAND ARE ALSO ORGANIZING EVACUATIONS OF THEIR COMPATRIOTS FROM WUHAN BUT ARE WAITING FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO LIFT THE LOCKDOWN.
IT ADVISES FILIPINOS IN CHINA TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND FOLLOW THE ADVICE FROM LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN THEIR AREAS.
CHINA CONFIRMED UP TO 630 DEATHS DUE TO THE VIRUS, FIRST DETECTED IN WUHAN IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCE OF HUBEI. THE PHILIPPINES CONFIRMED 3 CASES, INCLUDING 1 DEATH, ALL FROM WUHAN. MANILA ALSO BANNED ALL INBOUND TRAVEL FROM CHINA, MACAU AND HONG KONG.
ON WHETHER THERE IS A SECOND BATCH OF REPATRIATES FROM WUHAN, EBORA SAID THE DFA WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DEMAND, SAYING 「PEOPLE HAVE STARTED TO HUNKER DOWN WITH THE DIMINISHING NUMBERS, IMPROVING FACILITIES AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE SITUATION IN WUHAN AND HUBEI.」
REHABILITATION FACILITY. THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTER IN FORT MAGSAYSAY IN NUEVA ECIJA WAS BUILT IN 2016 TO HOUSE UP TO 10,000 DRUG DEPENDENTS THEN EXPECTED TO SURRENDER TO THE GOVERNMENT. IT IS NOW BEING EYED AS A QUARANTINE AREA FOR FILIPINOS RETURNING FROM CHINA AMID AN EPIDEMIC OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS. FILE PHOTO FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WUHAN VIRUS: PHILIPPINES CONFIRMS FIRST CASE IN CHINESE WOMAN FROM WUHAN
PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY OF TRAVEL FROM WUHAN – A CHINESE CITY WHERE THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS ORIGINATED – AND THOSE WHO HAD CONTACT WITH INFECTED PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERED PATIENTS "UNDER INVESTIGATION" IF THEY SHOW FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS FEVER, COUGH, AND COLD. AT LEAST 215 PEOPLE WERE PLACED UNDER THIS CATEGORY IN THE PHILIPPINES.

 

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