Breaking News: Driver w/ Contact to Coronavirus Patients in PH Isolated from Family

Driver w/ Contact to Coronavirus Patients

Tricycle Driver that Drove for Coronavirus Patients in PH Isolated DRIVER – The authorities were able to locate the tricycle driver that had a contact with the coronavirus patients in the Philippines. Last Thursday, the Filipinos faced the alarming confirmation that the 2019 novel coronavirus has already reached the Philippines. A Chinese woman aging 38 … Read more

Chinese Boy With Disability Dies While Father In Quarantine

Chinese Boy

The Hongan county government revealed that a Chinese boy died on January 29, announcing that his cause of death had yet to be confirmed. He was Yan Cheng. In a statement, the county government said that Yan Xiaowen, the father of a Chinese boy, was unable to take care of his child because he was … Read more

Jollibee Remains ‘Very Committed’ To China Expansion

Jollibee

Jollibee Foods Corp on Tuesday said that the company remained “very committed” to expand its stores in China, as it assessed the impact of 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China. Fourteen Jollibee stores in the province of Hubei, all under the brand Yonghe King, remain closed as the province was the epicenter of the 2019 … Read more

Japan Quarantines Cruise Ship Carrying 3,500 People Over 2019-nCoV

Japan

Japan on Tuesday has quarantined a cruise ship carrying 3,500 people and was testing passengers for the 2019 novel coronavirus. This, after a passenger who departed in Hongkong was tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus. As seen in television footage, several quarantine officers on Monday evening entered the Diamond Princess cruise ship at the … Read more

World Bank Calls For Global Effort To Combat 2019-nCoV Outbreak

WORLD BANK

The World Bank called for countries to “strengthen their health surveillance and response systems” in order to fight the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. In a statement, the institution said that the World Bank Group was considering mobilizing its financial and technical resources “quickly to support affected countries” as well as the institution was “closely coordinating … Read more

BREAKING NEWS: Update on Suspected Coronavirus Cases in Bacolod City, Negros

Suspected Coronavirus Cases in Bacolod City

Negros Occidental Provincial Gov’t Confirms Two (2) Suspected Coronavirus Cases in Bacolod City SUSPECTED CORONAVIRUS CASES IN BACOLOD – The authorities gave an update on the suspected cases of nCoV in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. The number of people under investigation for suspected coronavirus case continues to increase. The said disease was first recorded in … Read more

WHO To Combat Virus Misinformation, Works With Google

Google

The World Health Organization (WHO) was working with Google in order to combat misinformation about the 2019 novel coronavirus. This, as the number of misleading claims and hoaxes about the 2019 novel coronavirus have circulated online. In a public session on Monday (Tuesday in the Philippines), WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that people must … Read more

Pokwang Condemns Racism on Chinese Citizens Amid nCoV Spread

Pokwang

Pokwang slammed the anti-Chinese sentiments on social media following the confirmation on the first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus in the Philippines. This, as Pokwang (real name: Marietta Subong) reposted on Friday an open letter on her Instagram account, apologizing to Chinese tourists and citizens in China for the discrimination that they are experiencing. … Read more