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Philippines' 1st confirmed nCoV case tests negative —DOH
The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed a 60-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan as the third confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the Philippines, who has since recovered and returned to China.
The Philippines' first confirmed case, a 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, has tested negative for the virus in her latest test, though a second consecutive negative test is required for her discharge.
Her male partner, the second confirmed case and the first COVID-19 fatality outside China, died and was cremated in the Philippines.
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The DOH confirmed the Philippines' first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), a 38-year-old woman from Wuhan, China, who arrived in the Philippines via Hong Kong on January 21, 2020.
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The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that the Philippines' first confirmed case of the 2019-novel coronavirus (nCoV), a 38-year-old Chinese woman, has recovered and been discharged from the hospital.
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The Department of Health (DOH) is currently verifying a suspected third case of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) in the Philippines, while the confirmed cases remain at two, including one death.
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The Philippines reported its first death due to the novel coronavirus, a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan, marking the first fatality outside of China.
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The Department of Health (DOH) deployed an epidemiological team to Dumaguete City to trace contacts of the Philippines' first confirmed novel coronavirus cases, a Chinese couple from Wuhan.
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