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NBI ready to support DOH in tracing persons who came in contact with nCoV cases
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is on standby to support the Department of Health (DOH) in tracing individuals who came into contact with confirmed novel coronavirus cases.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed that the DOH can currently manage contact tracing but the NBI is prepared to assist if necessary.
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is strictly implementing the temporary travel ban on foreign travelers from China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
The Philippines has confirmed its first two cases of the novel coronavirus: a 38-year-old woman from Wuhan and her 44-year-old male companion.
The male companion died on Saturday, marking the first confirmed death outside of China due to the virus.
Health officials are monitoring seventy individuals who had contact with the two confirmed cases, with eight exhibiting coughs and colds.
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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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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) is coordinating with the Philippine National Police (PNP) to expedite contact tracing of passengers on flights with individuals confirmed to have the novel coronavirus.
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Governor Roel Degamo of Negros Oriental announced that contact tracing for all 82 individuals who had contact with a Chinese couple, later confirmed to have the novel coronavirus, has been completed.
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