General Office of National Health Commission Office of National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:09:18 +0000

Medical Letter (2020) No. 66 Notification on the Printing and Distribution of the Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for Pneumonia Patients Infected by the New-Type Coronavirus (Trial Version 3) The health commissions and TCM administration departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities under separate state planning and Xinjiang Production […]

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Tsinoy business group urges more tourism investments

Credit to Author: Tyrone Jasper C. Piad| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:00:11 +0000

THE government and private sector should increase their investment in local tourism as tforeign tourist arrivals fall on account of the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019 nCoV ARD), the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) said on Tuesday. “The FFCCCII urges government and all sectors to […]

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UPDATE: First case of nCoV confirmed in PH — DoH

Credit to Author: John Eric Mendoza| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 08:07:23 +0000

THE Department of Health has confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in the Philippines. Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd identified the victim as a 38-year old woman from Wuhan, China, who tested positive for the nCoV based on the laboratory results, which arrived today from the Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia. […]

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Duque on fighting nCoV: Stay healthy

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:45:29 +0000

HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd expressed confidence that the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) can be beaten if an individual is healthy enough. Speaking during the Question Hour at the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Duque said those who were healthy could withstand the deadly virus that has killed over 100 people in China where it […]

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Chinese probed for nCoV infection dies

Credit to Author: Franz Lewin Embudo| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 08:48:05 +0000

THE Department of Health (DoH) disclosed that a Chinese being investigated on suspicion of having contracted the 2019 novel Coronavirus (nCoV) died on Wednesday morning but pneumonia was listed as the cause of his death at the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila. “This morning we have a person under investigation, hindi pa confirmed for NCoV, […]

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