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No travel ban but Pinoys told to "delay non-essential travel" to South Korea amid COVID-19 threat @ 2020-02-24T08: Back Hot News
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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).
KEEP ABREAST OF SIGNIFICANT CORPORATE, FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. STAY INFORMED AND SPOT EMERGING RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH INDEPENDENT GLOBAL REPORTING, EXPERT COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS YOU CAN TRUST.
“THOSE WORKERS ARE THE BREADWINNERS FOR THEIR FAMILY. HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SIBLINGS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR SICK PARENTS OR SICK HUSBANDS? NOT ONLY THAT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BUY FOOD FOR OUR FAMILY? MAYBE WE’RE FREE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN HONG KONG, BUT WE’RE GOING TO DIE OF HUNGER,” SAID SHIELA TEBIA, THE VICE CHAIR OF UNITED FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG.

 

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