Chinese family suspected of coronavirus monitored in Manila

Immigration officials have tracked down and are monitoring a Chinese family who traveled to Manila from Hong Kong.

The family is suspected of carrying the novel coronavirus, a 39-year-old man of whom tested preliminarily positive in Hong Kong.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra stated that the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) may take measures to restrict the family's movement.

Guevarra also directed the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to find people the family may have interacted with in the Philippines.

BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval confirmed that the family's records have been verified and their address extracted from the database.

The family arrived in Manila on Wednesday, January 22, via Cebu Pacific flight 5J111.

Further details are being withheld and will be forwarded to the BOQ for their information and monitoring.