PhilHealth Sasagutin ang Pagpapagamot ng mga COVID-19 Patients

May nCoV package ang Philhealth, ibig sabihin, babayaran ng Philhealth ang gastusin sa ospital ng mga persons under investigation at mga positibo sa #COVID19. 

State insurer PhilHealth will help cover the hospital stay of members who are suspected to have the novel coronavirus. That's according to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III who said the PhilHeealth board convened on Thursday to come up with a so-called 'nCoV' package.

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"Yesterday, the PhilHealth Board convened and decided that there will be a novel coronavirus package. P1,000 per day for the hospital that takes care of a patient of novel [coronavirus] even not confirmed," Duque said in an interview with Karen Davila on ANC TV.

He said that this would apply to the 14-day quarantine period that is needed. Philhealth will pay the hospital P1,000 daily for the next 14 days.

"If pneumonia sets in, then there's a pneumonia package—from mild, P16,000, to severe P32,000,"

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Inaprubahan na ng PhilHealth at mga Board of Directors nito ang benefit package para sa miyembro na maaapektuhan nito lalo na yung mga under investigation (PUI) na posibleng tinamaan ng novel coronavirus (nCoV).

Ayon pa sa PhilHealth, kasama na sa benefit package ang mga naka-quarantine sa mga hospital pagamutan. Gamit ang case rates, ay bayad na ang paggamot sa nCov.

Sa mga magkakaroon ng malubhang kaso naman at maaring humantong sa moderate hanggang high-risk pneumonia, sasagutin ng social health insurer ang mga medikal na gastos ng pasyente.

Mayroon nang dalawang nagpositibo sa nCoV sa bansa as of February 2, 2020 ngunit ito ay mga pawang Chinese national.

Hinihikayat ng PhilHealth ang publiko na tiyakin ang personal hygiene, katulad ng madalas na pag­huhugas ng kamay at pag-iwas sa mga matataong lugar. 

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Video Watch: The Doctor Who Warned China About Corona Virus is Fighting for His Life

Doctor Li Wenliang is one of the whistleblowers who warned authorities of a potential "SARS-like" outbreak in December 2019, but was reprimanded by Wuhan police instead. The coronavirus has since claimed at least 425 lives and sickened more than 20,000 people globally -- including Li and his family.

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In early January, authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan were trying to keep news of a new coronavirus under wraps. When one doctor tried to warn fellow medics about the outbreak, the police paid him a visit and told him to stop. A month later he has been hailed as a hero after he posted his story from a hospital bed.
Dr. Li was working at the center of the outbreak in December when he noticed seven cases of a virus that he thought looked like Sars - the virus that led to a global epidemic in 2003. The cases were thought to come from the Huanan Seafood market in Wuhan and the patients were in quarantine in his hospital.

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Unang Filipino Na Biktima ng Novel Corona Virus ay OFW Seaman

Ang crew member na naka-quarantine sa Japan ang kauna-unahang Pinoy na nagpositibo sa 2019 Novel #Coronavirus. #nCoV
A Filipino seafarer onboard a cruise ship in Japan was among the 10 people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Of the 10 infected people, 3 are Japanese, 3 are Chinese, two are Australians, one is a Filipino and another is an American, according to Carnival Japan Inc., the operator of the Diamond Princess.
None are showing severe symptoms, and some have no symptoms at all, the ministry said. They were all hospitalized to prevent infections from spreading further.

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Nag-positibo ang isang Pinoy sa 2019-nCoV kasama ng siyam na iba pa lulan ng isang cruise ship sa Japan – narito ang mga hakbang na ginagawa ng mga otoridad. 

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Ang mga nasabing pasyente ay dadalhin umano sa mga lokal na pagamutan para sa malapatan ng lunas ayun sa Princess Cruises. Ang barko ay may 2,600 na mga pasahero at mahigit sa 1,000 na mga trabahante na isasailalim sa quarantine sa Yokohama ng 14 na araw.  

Ayun naman sa embahada ng Tokyo, sa Japan, nasa mga 538 ang mga Pinoy na nagtratrabaho sa barkong Princess Cruises at patuloy na minomonitor ang kanilang mga sitwasyon doon.

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"UPDATES REGARDING THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP DOCKED IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN

The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo is closely and actively monitoring the welfare of Filipinos onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is currently docked off the port of Yokohama, Japan under a quarantine implemented by the Japanese Government.

The cruise ship was quarantined when one of the passengers tested positive for the novel corona virus (nCoV).

As of this time, 10 persons onboard the cruise ship, including one Filipino, have tested positive for the virus and will be transferred to a healthcare facility. The other passengers have been asked to remain onboard the ship for the required 14-day quarantine period.

There are 538 Filipinos onboard the ship.

The Embassy is in constant communication with the Filipinos remaining onboard and is closely coordinating with Japanese authorities to provide them all possible assistance. END

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8 Katanungan ukol sa Coronavirus Outbreak, at mga Kasagutan

Marami ang nababahala sa bagong tuklas na 2019 novel coronavirus - acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV-ARD), pero ano nga ba ang sakit na ito, saan ito galing at mapipigilan pa ba ang paglaganap nito sa iba't-ibang bahagi ng mundo? Narito ang ilan sa mga tanong at kasagutan ukol sa virus na nagmula sa China.

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1. Ano ang coronavirus at mga sintomas nito?

Nagmula sa malaking pamilya ng mga virus ang coronavirus na madalas umaatake sa respiratory system. Nagmula ang pangalan nito sa Latin word corona, na ang ibig sabihin ay "crown" dahil sa tila koronang nakapalibot sa nasabing mga virus. Kabilang sa pinaka-apektadong mga hayop ng nasabing virus ay ang mga panike, pusa at mga ibon.

Pitong virus lamang mula sa pamilya ng coronavirus ang napatunayang nakakahawa sa mga tawo at kinabibilangan ito ng 2019-nCoV, SARS at MERS.

Ang SARS ay pinaniniwalaang nagmula sa mga panike papunta sa mga civet cats papunta sa tao sa Chinal. Mula naman sa mga paniki papunta sa mga camels papunta sa tao ang sa Middle East ang MERS habang wala pang nakaka-alam kung saan nangggaling ang 2019 nCoV.

Sa ngayon, pinaniniwalaang nagmula ito sa mga hayop sa Wuhan, China ngunit patuloy pa na pinag-aaralan ng mga researchers ang totoong pinagmulan nito.

Ano ang mga sintomas?

Lagnat, ubo, at hirap sa pag-hinga. Ito ang sintomas ng karamihan sa mga pasyenteng nahawa sa 2019-nCoV ayon sa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ngunit sa mas detalyadong ulat nga The Lancet, pinaka-karaniwang sintomas ng sakit ay lagnat, ubo, pananakit ng mga kalamnan, diarrhea at ubong may plema o dugo ang nakitang sintomas sa unang 41 pasyenteng kumpermadong may 2019 nCoV sa Wuhan.

Nakitaan din ng pneumonia at abnormalidad sa kanilang mga baga ang mga pasyente ayon na rin sa CT scan.

Ngunit sa ngayon, may mga kaso na rin na nakapagtala lamang ng mild symptoms, gaya ng apat na mga kaso sa southern Germany. May mga ebidensiya rin ng asymptomatic cases — kaso na walang sintomas.

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2. Paano kumalat ang mga coronavirus?

Wala pang nakaka-alam at patuloy na pinag-aaralan kung paano talaga kumakalat ang 2019-nCoV, ngunit ayon sa datus kung paano kumakalat ang MERS, SARS at iba pang respiratory viruses mula tao sa tao, madalas sa pamamagitan ito ng droplets mula sa pag-ubo o pagbahing.

Sakaling umubo o bumahing ang isang infected na tao at umabot sa ilong, mata o bibig ng ibang tao ang droplets nito, maari niyang maipasa ang virus ayon kay Jennifer Nuzzo, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

May bihirang pagkakataon din na nakukuha ang respiratory disease sa pamamagitan ng paghawak sa mga droplets na dumikit sa mga bagay-bagay — at pag-hawak sa bibig, mata at ilong. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit napaka-importante ng hand-washing sa lahat na oras lalo na sa panahon ng outbreak.

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3. Dapat pa ba akong mag-travel habang may outbreak?

Nagpalabas na ng pinaka-mataas na travel alert sa China ang CDC at US State Department at pinayuhan ang kanilang mga citizen na iwasan ang pagpunta sa nabanggit na bansa sa ngayon.

Maliban sa posibilidad na mahawa sa bagong virus, napakaraming airlines na din ang nag-kansela ng flights papuntang China dahil sa bumabang demand. Hindi rin nakakatuwang ma-stuck sa China at sumailalim sa dagdag na screening sa iyong pag-uwi sa bansang pinanggalingan.

Ngunit ayon kay Isaac Bogoch, professor sa University of Toronto, napaka-baba ng tsansang mahawa sa infection sa labas ng Hubei o labas ng China.

4. Nag-aalala pa rin ako tungkol sa bagong coronavirus. Ano ang dapat kong gawin upang maprotektahan ang sarili? Makakatulong ba ang paggamit ng mask?

Ayon sa mga health experts, walang magandang patunay na sumusuporta sa paggamit ng face mask upang maka-iwas sa sakit sa pangkalahatan.

Makakatulong lamang ang facemask sa mga taong may nararamdaman ng respirartory infection at nais na limitahan ang posibilidad na makahawa ito sa iba. Malaking tulong din ito sa mga nagtatrabaho sa ospital at may mga direktang contact sa mga taong may respiratory illnesses.

Ayon sa CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, hindi kumakalat ang virus sa pangkalahatan. Sa kabila nito marami pa rin ang nagtatago ng mga face mask sa maling rason.

Dagdag pa ng CDC na paghugas ng kamay, pagtakip ng bibig kung umuubo at pangangalaga sa sarili pa rin ang pinaka-mabisang paraan upang maka-iwas sa sakit.

5. Paano naman ang mga taong carrier ng virus ngunit huling lumabas ang mga sintomas? Nakakabahala rin ba ito?

Sa Germany naiulat na maaring maipasa ang virus bago pa man lumabas ang sintomas nito. Enero 27 ng ma-identify ang outbreak sa Bavaria kung saan isang German businessman ang na-diagnose. Nagkaroon ito ng meeting sa isang babaeng kasama sa trabaho at kababalik lamang mula sa Shanghai at may dalang virus ngunit hindi niya ito alam.

Lumabas lamang umano ang sintomas sa babae gaya ng lagnat at ubo matapos itong umalis sa Germany at ilang araw matapos ang meeting sa nasabing negosyante. Dahil dito, pinaniniwalaang naipasa ng babae ang virus sa lalaki bago pa man nito nalaman na may sakit na siya. Enero 28, tatlong kasamahan pa sa trabaho ng negosyante ang na-diagnose na may virus.

Dahil dito lumalabas sa pag-aaral na maaring maging source ng 2019 nCoV ang asymptomatic persons ngunit gaya ng mga German patients, napaka-mild lamang umano ng infection na nakuha ng mga ito.

6. Nangangahulugan bang maging isang deadly pandemic ang coronavirus matapos itong ideneklara ng WHO bilang global health emergency?

Hindi nangangahulugang maging isang deadly pandemic o marami ang mamamatay sa buong mundo matapos ideneklara ng WHO ang coronavirus bilang “public health emergency of international concern,” o PHEIC.

Sa halip isang political tool ang PHEIC upang mapigilan ang pandemic dahil binibigyan nito ng kaukulang atensiyon ang isang seryosong sakit na nagbabanta. Sa pamamagitan ng deklarasyon, nabibigyan din ng kaukulang impormasyon ang mga bansa kung paano harapin at mapigilan ang paglaganap ng sakit.

Malinaw ang pahayag ni WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, na mas nababahala ang ahensiya sa pinsalang maaring iwan ng virus sa mga bansang may mahinang health system, dahilan kung bakit ito nananawagan ng tulong sa international community.

7. Kasama ba ang aming lugar sa posibleng magkaroon ng outbreak?

Ayon sa pag-aaral ng mga researchers mula sa University of Oxford, University of Toronto, at London School of Medicine and Tropical Hygiene, ang East Asia at Southeast Asia ang may pinaka-malaking risgo sa sakit. Ito ay ayon sa 2019 data mula sa International Air Transport Association kung saan inalam ang mga lungsod sa China na pinuntahan ng nasa 100,000 airline passengers mula sa Wuhan mula Pebrero hanggang Abril.

Hindi rin umano dapat ikagulat kung may maraming kaso na maiuulat sa Europa o US, ngunit ang East Asia at Southeast Asia ang magiging sentro ng napakaraming bilang ng infections. 

Narito ang 15 mga lugar sa top 50 destinations na posibleng magka-outbreak. Sa pamamagitan ng Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index (IDVI), sinusukat ang kakayahan ng isang bansa sa pangangasiwa nito sa mga nakakahawang sakit. (Scores closer to zero mean they’re less prepared.)

8. Kailan ito matatapos?

Maraming paraan na maaring maging dahilan upang matapos ang outbreak. Una ang public health measures kung saan mabilis ang pag-identify sa mga taong infected at agad na ina-isolate. Sa pamamagitan nito, mapipigilan ang pagkalat ng coronavirus. Ito rin ang pumigil sa pagkalat ng SARS noong 2003.

Dahil isang zoonotic disease ang coronavirus, o sakit mula sa mga hayop, makakatulong din ng malaki kung agad na makikita o malalaman ang totoong pinanggalingan ng virus.

Malaking tulong din sakaling may ma-imbento agad na bakuna o anti-viral upang mapigilan ang epidemya ngunit posibleng aabutin ito ng ilang taon.

Sa huli, may posibilidad din na kusang mamamatay lamang ang virus kung wala ng mga taong madaling kapitan ng sakit.

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8 Filipinos in contact with Chinese couple from Wuhan experience flu-like symptom

Eight persons who came in close contact with the Chinese couple from Wuhan have been placed under observation after exhibiting flu-like symptom, an official from the Department of Health-Epidemiology Bureau (DOH-EB) disclosed.

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On Monday, February 3, DOH-EB Director Chito Avelino disclosed that eight of the 80 patients under investigation (PUIs) had contacted the couple who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (nCoV).

“Doon sa PUIs na reported today, may nakita tayo sa contact tracing, may nagkaroon ng symptoms ng ubo at sipon. At eto (walo) ay nakasama sa bilang natin ngayon,” Avelino said.

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In a press conference on Sunday, February 2, health officials confirmed the first nCoV death in the Philippines: a 44-year-old male who died on Saturday, February 1.  While the patient was stable and showed signs of improvement in his last few days, his condition deteriorated within his last 24 hours resulting to his demise.

It was disclosed that the country recorded two confirmed cases in the Philippines: a 38-year-old Chinese female and her companion, a 44-year-old Chinese male. Both patients are from Wuhan, China and arrived in the Philippines via Hong Kong last January 21. They were both admitted for isolation and supportive treatment at the San Lazaro Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

The DOH-EB is currently conducting contact tracing of passengers aboard the flights of the two positive cases. It has secured the manifestos of the flights and is in close coordination with the concerned airlines. Contact tracing activities are ongoing in Cebu and Dumaguete, and in other places where the patients stayed and traveled to.

“The Philippine Government has already implemented a temporary travel ban for travelers coming from China, Macao, and Hong Kong. DOH is monitoring every development on the 2019-nCoV very closely and is taking proactive measures to contain the spread of this virus in our country. This health event is fast-evolving and fluid. We are continuously recalibrating our plans and efforts as the situation develops,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said.

“We are providing the public with constant updates and advisories as frequently as possible, so all I ask from the public now is to heed the advisories from official DOH channels and to refrain from sharing unverified and unvalidated information. I assure the public that we will keep you abreast of any information that we have,” he added.

Meanwhile, in China, a woman with coronavirus gave birth to a healthy baby girl, giving hope to thousands of people amid the nCoV scare.

A mother with #coronavirus gave birth to a healthy baby in NE China's Harbin Sixth People's Hospital. The newborn tested negative for the virus.

The mother and her baby girl are in stable condition.❤️ pic.twitter.com/AuDeuzvL2a

— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) February 3, 2020

Video: Woman with pneumonia gives birth to healthy baby in NE China pic.twitter.com/187s7vNjUV

— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) February 3, 2020

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Duterte orders temporary travel ban on travelers from China amid nCoV threat

Amid the current novel coronavirus (nCoV) President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a temporary travel ban on all travelers coming from mainland China and its special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macau.

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In an interview with Dobol B sa News TV, Senator Bong Go announced the president's order.

"Sa ngayon ay mag-i-implement na ng temporary travel ban on travelers coming from any part of China and its special administrative regions on top of the existing temporary travel ban imposed on those coming from Hubei province and other affected areas. Taking into consideration the concerns raised by key government officials and health experts, the President made a decision and has agreed to adopt this recommendation and implement it immediately as additional precautionary measure to protect the Filipinos," he said.

"Magkakaroon tayo ng temporary ban banning the entry of any person except Filipino citizens and holders of permanent resident visa issued by the Philippine government directly coming from China and its special administrative regions. Kung ibang bansa naman ang pinanggalingan mo pero nanggaling ka sa China within 14 days before arrival at hindi ka Pilipino o Philippine resident, hindi ka makakapasok sa Pilipinas," he further explained.

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In a press conference on Sunday, February 2, health officials confirmed the first nCoV death in the Philippines: a 44-year-old male who died on Saturday, February 1.  While the patient was stable and showed signs of improvement in his last few days, his condition deteriorated within his last 24 hours resulting to his demise.

It was disclosed that the country recorded two confirmed cases: a 38-year-old Chinese female and her companion, a 44-year-old Chinese male. Both patients are from Wuhan, China and arrived in the Philippines via Hong Kong last January 21. They were both admitted for isolation and supportive treatment at the San Lazaro Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

The DOH's Epidemiology Bureau (EB) is urrently conducting contact tracing of passengers aboard the flights of the two positive cases. EB has secured the manifestos of the flights and is in close coordination with the concerned airlines. Contact tracing activities are ongoing in Cebu and Dumaguete, and in other places where the patients stayed and traveled to.

“The Philippine Government has already implemented a temporary travel ban for travelers coming from China, Macao, and Hong Kong. DOH is monitoring every development on the 2019-nCoV very closely and is taking proactive measures to contain the spread of this virus in our country. This health event is fast-evolving and fluid. We are continuously recalibrating our plans and efforts as the situation develops,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said.

“We are providing the public with constant updates and advisories as frequently as possible, so all I ask from the public now is to heed the advisories from official DOH channels and to refrain from sharing unverified and unvalidated information. I assure the public that we will keep you abreast of any information that we have,” he added.

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BREAKING: 2 islands near Bataan eyed as quarantine facilities for OFWs from China

The Department of Health (DOH) is eyeing two military facilities as possible quarantine areas for hundreds of Filipinos who are coming home from Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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In an interview, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told reporters that the Department of Health (DOH) officials is looking at the naval station on Caballo Island and the Drug Rehabilitation Center in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija.

It can be recalled that the facility on Caballo Island served as the quarantine area for over a hundred Pinoy soldiers when they arrived in the country after a mision in Liberia amid the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The center in Fort Magsaysay, on the other hand, was built to house up to 10,000 drug dependents who were expected to surrender to the government in its “war on drugs".

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Meanwhile, in a press conference on Sunday, February 2, health officials confirmed the first nCoV death in the Philippines: a 44-year-old male who died on Saturday, February 1.  While the patient was stable and showed signs of improvement in his last few days, his condition deteriorated within his last 24 hours resulting to his demise.

It was disclosed that the country recorded two confirmed cases in the Philippines: a 38-year-old Chinese female and her companion, a 44-year-old Chinese male. Both patients are from Wuhan, China and arrived in the Philippines via Hong Kong last January 21. They were both admitted for isolation and supportive treatment at the San Lazaro Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

The DOH's Epidemiology Bureau (EB) is urrently conducting contact tracing of passengers aboard the flights of the two positive cases. EB has secured the manifestos of the flights and is in close coordination with the concerned airlines. Contact tracing activities are ongoing in Cebu and Dumaguete, and in other places where the patients stayed and traveled to.

“The Philippine Government has already implemented a temporary travel ban for travelers coming from China, Macao, and Hong Kong. DOH is monitoring every development on the 2019-nCoV very closely and is taking proactive measures to contain the spread of this virus in our country. This health event is fast-evolving and fluid. We are continuously recalibrating our plans and efforts as the situation develops,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said.

“We are providing the public with constant updates and advisories as frequently as possible, so all I ask from the public now is to heed the advisories from official DOH channels and to refrain from sharing unverified and unvalidated information. I assure the public that we will keep you abreast of any information that we have,” he added.

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Breaking: DOH confirms first nCoV death in PH

The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Sunday, February 2, the death of the first novel coronavirus (nCoV) patient in the country.

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In a press conference, health officials confirmed that the 44-year-old male died on Saturday, February 1, 2020, saying that he developed severe pneumonia aver the course of his admission. While the patient was stable and showed signs of improvement in his last few days, his condition deteriorated within his last 24 hours resulting in his demise.

It was disclosed that the country recorded two confirmed cases in the Philippines: a 38-year-old Chinese female and her companion, a 44-year-old Chinese male. Both patients are from Wuhan, China and arrived in the Philippines via Hong Kong last January 21. They were both admitted for isolation and supportive treatment at the San Lazaro Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

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“We are currently working with the Chinese Embassy to ensure the dignified management of the remains according to national and international standards to contain the disease,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III assured, telling the public that all measures needed to contain the spread of the virus is being strictly implemented and followed. 

Moreover, San Lazaro Hospital has implemented rigorous infection control protocols while caring for these patients. Both patients were isolated following strict isolation standards, and all health personnel who came in contact with them practiced stringent infection control measures and wore appropriate personal protective equipment, it was noted.

Meanwhile, the DOH's Epidemiology Bureau (EB) is urrently conducting contact tracing of passengers aboard the flights of the two positive cases. EB has secured the manifestos of the flights and is in close coordination with the concerned airlines. Contact tracing activities are ongoing in Cebu and Dumaguete, and in other places where the patients stayed and traveled to.

“The Philippine Government has already implemented a temporary travel ban for travelers coming from China, Macao, and Hong Kong. DOH is monitoring every development on the 2019-nCoV very closely and is taking proactive measures to contain the spread of this virus in our country. This health event is fast-evolving and fluid. We are continuously recalibrating our plans and efforts as the situation develops,” Duque said.

“We are providing the public with constant updates and advisories as frequently as possible, so all I ask from the public now is to heed the advisories from official DOH channels and to refrain from sharing unverified and unvalidated information. I assure the public that we will keep you abreast of any information that we have,” he added.

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US expert: There's no doubt, asymptomatic nCoV transmission is occurring

Asymptomatic novel coronavirus (nCoV) transmission is occurring, a top US infectious disease expert confirmed, citing a new study published recently on the New England Journal of Medicine (On NEJM).

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According to the German researchers, the virus was transmitted by people without symptoms in five instances in one cluster of people: from a parent to a daughter, from that daughter to two colleagues, and from one of those colleagues to two other co-workers.

"There's no doubt after reading this paper that asymptomatic transmission is occurring. This study lays the question to rest," National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci noted.

The fact that asymptomatic persons are potential sources of infection may warrant a reassessment of transmission dynamics of the current outbreak, the paper stated.

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The new study

On the NEJM website, the case of the 33-year-old otherwise healthy German businessman (Patient 1) was cited. Patient 1 became ill with sore throat, chills, and myalgias. The following day, a fever of 39.1°C (102.4°F) developed, along with a productive cough. By the evening of the next day, he started feeling better so he went back to work.

"Timeline of Exposure to Index Patient with Asymptomatic 2019-nCoV Infection in Germany.
Before the onset of symptoms, he had attended meetings with a Chinese business partner at his company near Munich on January 20 and 21. The business partner, a Shanghai resident, had visited Germany between January 19 and 22. During her stay, she had been well with no signs or symptoms of infection but had become ill on her flight back to China, where she tested positive for nCoV," the study disclosed.

"Days later, three additional employees at the company tested positive for nCoV (Patients 2 through 4 in Figure 1). Of these patients, only Patient 2 had contact with the index patient; the other two patients had contact only with Patient 1. In accordance with the health authorities, all the patients with confirmed 2019-nCoV infection were admitted to a Munich infectious diseases unit for clinical monitoring and isolation. So far, none of the four confirmed patients show signs of severe clinical illness," it further explained.

Public Health Emergency of International Concern

Following the advice of the Emergency Committee, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the nCoV outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). 

Still, the committee believes that it is still possible to interrupt virus spread, provided that countries put in place strong measures to detect disease early, isolate and treat cases, trace contacts, and promote social distancing measures commensurate with the risk. 

"It is important to note that as the situation continues to evolve, so will the strategic goals and measures to prevent and reduce spread of the infection," the WHO statement noted.

"The declaration of a PHEIC should be seen in the spirit of support and appreciation for China, its people, and the actions China has taken on the frontlines of this outbreak, with transparency, and, it is to be hoped, with success. In line with the need for global solidarity, the Committee felt that a global coordinated effort is needed to enhance preparedness in other regions of the world that may need additional support for that," it further stated.

Meanwhile, amid the outbreak scare, an expert clarified one of the biggest misconception when it comes to the nCoV:

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Oral hygiene vs nCoV: Public told to gargle with lukewarm water, salt

Taking care of one's oral health lowers the chances of being a carrier of different viruses, an expert said amid the threat of the novel coronavirus (nCoV); advising people to to gargle with lukewarm water and salt.

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"Maging part na po ng oral hygiene ang pagmumumog po ng maligamgam na tubig na may asin—may coronavirus scare man o wala," Dr. Rey Salinel said in a recent television interview.

"Marami pong namamatay na bacteria at viruses sa high-salt concentration," he added.

Moreover, he advised the public to exercise frequent handwashing and sanitizing with alcohol-based products, noting,  "Huwag ninyo pong hawakan ang mga mata ninyo, ilong ninyo, bibig ninyo kasi 'yan po ang portal of entry. Napaka-importante pong malinis ang kamay."

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Following the advice of the Emergency Committee, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the nCoV outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). 

Still, the committee believes that it is still possible to interrupt virus spread, provided that countries put in place strong measures to detect disease early, isolate and treat cases, trace contacts, and promote social distancing measures commensurate with the risk. 

"It is important to note that as the situation continues to evolve, so will the strategic goals and measures to prevent and reduce spread of the infection," the WHO statement noted.

"The declaration of a PHEIC should be seen in the spirit of support and appreciation for China, its people, and the actions China has taken on the frontlines of this outbreak, with transparency, and, it is to be hoped, with success. In line with the need for global solidarity, the Committee felt that a global coordinated effort is needed to enhance preparedness in other regions of the world that may need additional support for that," it further stated.

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