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Zambales health officials monitoring patient for coronavirus
Health authorities in Zambales are monitoring a person under investigation (PUI) who voluntarily disclosed travel history with two confirmed 2019-nCoV cases.
The PUI has been confined at President Ramon Magsaysay Hospital since February 6 and remains in isolation.
Although the patient exhibits no flu-like symptoms, specimen samples have been sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) for testing.
The Department of Health has confirmed three cases of the novel coronavirus in the Philippines, including the first death outside China, a 44-year-old Chinese man who traveled from Wuhan.
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