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Filipina in Hong Kong tests positive for novel coronavirus
A Filipina domestic worker in Hong Kong has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first case of a Filipino contracting the virus in the Chinese special administrative region.
The patient is hospitalized, asymptomatic, and in isolation as she undergoes further tests and observation.
She had been caring for her employer, a 67-year-old woman who was previously confirmed to have COVID-19.
The Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong will provide necessary assistance to the patient.
The Department of Foreign Affairs had earlier lifted the travel ban for Filipino migrant workers headed for Hong Kong and Macau.
Globally, as of Wednesday, February 19, the COVID-19 death toll has reached 2,000, with over 74,000 confirmed cases in China and hundreds more reported in over two dozen countries.
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