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Philippines records first community transmission of coronavirus, now has 6 cases

Published 03/07/2020, 04:01 PM
Updated 03/07/2020, 04:08 PM
Philippines records first community transmission of coronavirus, now has 6 cases

By Neil Jerome Morales
MANILA, March 7 (Reuters) - The Philippines said on Saturday
it had confirmed its first case of community transmission for
the new coronavirus, prompting health ministry officials to call
on the president to declare a public health emergency to contain
its spread.
The case involves a 62-year-old male Filipino who had not
travelled abroad recently. His 59-year-old wife has also been
infected, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the
Southeast Asian nation to six, the health ministry said, adding
that both are being treated at a government hospital.
The health ministry declared a code red alert which calls on
medical professionals to be prepared to report for duty and
recommended that President Rodrigo Duterte declare a public
health emergency which would help with the procurement of
critical supplies as well as with quarantine measures.
"This is a preemptive call to ensure that national and local
governments and public and private healthcare providers can
prepare for possible increase in suspected and confirmed cases,"
Health Secretary Francisco Duque told a news conference.
There have been three cases reported in two days. Before
that, three Chinese tourists were diagnosed with the virus in
January and the first week of February.
The coronavirus has spread to more than 90 countries,
infecting more than 100,000 people and killing over 3,400 people
worldwide.


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