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Filipino diplomat in US positive for COVID-19 @ 2020-03-14T04: Back Hot News
Keyword:in New York positive for tests positive Philippines diplomat coronavirus case at UN
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THE DIPLOMAT REPRESENTED THE PHILIPPINES IN THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND HAD BEEN IN THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WITHOUT HAVING SYMPTOMS FOR THE VIRUS, ACCORDING TO A RELEASE BY THE PHILLIPPINES MISSION. SHE CAME DOWN WITH FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS THE NEXT DAY AND VISITED A DOCTOR.
ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND MANY IF NOT ALL PRIVATE SCHOOLS, IN VIRGINIA, OREGON, OHIO, MICHIGAN, MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND NEW MEXICO WERE TOLD TO CLOSE BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, AND THE GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON STATE ORDERED ALL SCHOOLS SHUT IN THREE COUNTIES NEAR SEATTLE. THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS, ALSO SAID IT WAS CLOSING FOR TWO WEEKS.
PH MISSION STAFF HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. SHE IS CURRENTLY ISOLATED, IN GOOD CONDITION. PH CENTER IS ON LOCKDOWN INDEFINITELY, EMPLOYEES INSTRUCTED TO SELF-QUARANTINE & SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION SHOULD SYMPTOMS DEVELOP. HTTPS://T.CO/PZJHC50SMO @TEDDYBOYLOCSIN @DFAPHL
THE NEW PACKAGE, WHICH FOLLOWS $745 MILLION IN STIMULUS ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH, COMES AMID A DETERIORATING OUTLOOK FOR INDONESIA’S ECONOMY. DESPITE ONLY 34 CONFIRMED CASES SO FAR, THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN HIT HARD BY THE RISK AVERSION SWEEPING GLOBAL MARKETS, WITH INDONESIA’S STOCK INDEX NOW IN BEAR TERRITORY AND THE CURRENCY DOWN MORE THAN 7% IN THE PAST MONTH.
A FEMALE DIPLOMAT FROM THE PHILIPPINES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS ON THURSDAY, ACCORDING TO A NOTE SENT TO UN MISSIONS, MAKING HER THE FIRST KNOWN CASE AT THE WORLD BODY"S NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS, REUTERS REPORTED ON FRIDAY.
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO SAID IN AN INTERVIEW ON CNN WEDNESDAY HE WOULD ASK BUSINESSES TO VOLUNTARILY CONSIDER STAGGERING SHIFTS FOR EMPLOYEES AND LETTING THEM TELECOMMUTE TO HELP STEM THE SPREAD OF THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. NEW YORK CASES JUMPED TO 212 ON WEDNESDAY AFTER NOT HAVING A SINGLE CASE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
NEW ZEALAND MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND MINISTER FOR CHILDREN TRACEY MARTIN (L) DELIVERS REMARKS IN FRONT OF OFFICIALS OF FIVE PARTNERING NATIONS (L TO R); CANADIAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BILL BLAIR, MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS OF AUSTRALIA PETER DUTTON, US ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR AND BRITAIN'S MINISTER OF STATE FOR SECURITY JAMES BROKENSHIRE
02:15 A DOG IN HONG KONG THOUGHT TO BE A CARRIER FOR THE COVID-19 VIRUS HAS BEEN FOUND NOT TO BE INFECTED. THE DOG"S OWNER TESTED POSITIVE AND OFFICIALS INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD FOUND THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FROM HUMAN TO ANIMAL AFTER THE DOG SHOWED A "WEAK POSITIVE" AFTER FIRST UNDERGOING A TEST.
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CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND HIS WIFE, SOPHIE, ARE IN SELF-ISOLATION AFTER SHE FELL ILL AND WAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS, WHILE SCHOOL WAS CANCELED IN ONTARIO TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF THE OUTBREAK. JUSTIN TRUDEAU, 48, IS EXHIBITING NO SYMPTOMS. WORKING FROM HOME, HE SPOKE WITH US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON, ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIUSEPPE CONTE AND JOINED A SPECIAL CABINET MEETING ON THE CORONAVIRUS BY PHONE, HIS SPOKESMAN SAID. - REUTERS
U.S. CITIZENS AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS RETURNING FROM EUROPE WILL BE SCREENED FOR THE VIRUS AND ASKED TO GO INTO “SELF-QUARANTINE” FOR 14 DAYS AS PART OF NEW TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS THAT AFFECT 26 NATIONS BUT EXEMPT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, U.S. VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CNN.
IN THE PHILIPPINES, THERE IS GROWING ANXIETY WITHIN POLITICAL CIRCLES WITH PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE BEING TESTED AND THE PARLIAMENT SEALED OFF FOR DISINFECTION AFTER A TOP TRANSPORT OFFICIAL WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19. THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, WHICH HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS IN MANILA, HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED FOR DEEP CLEANING.
HE SAID HE GOT A CALL ON THURSDAY EVENING INFORMING HIM THAT "A SPANISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL" HE INTERACTED WITH IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. ACCORDING TO THE SENATOR, HE MET THE OFFICIAL ON MARCH 3 IN HIS D.C. OFFICE AND SPENT ABOUT 20 MINUTES SPEAKING IN A CONFERENCE ROOM.

 

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