MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Another overseas Filipino worker (OFW) infected with the MERS Coronavirus arrived in the Philippines, the health department said on Wednesday, September 3. Health Secretary Enrique Ona said in a press briefing Wednesday that two female nurses from Dammam, Saudi Arabia, arrived in the Philippines via a Saudi Airlines flight on Friday, August 29. Health authorities from Saudi Arabia conducted a health check on the two nurses on Monday, August 25, and one of the nurses tested positive for MERS. Both of them [are] working in the same hospital. Tinesting sila kasi nga sa hospital where they work, mayroong nagkaroon ng MERS Coronavirus (They were tested because someone in the hospital where they work in had the MERS Coronavirus), Ona explained. The nurses supervisor relayed the news to one of the nurses, who in turn informed the Department of Health (DOH) early morning Tuesday, September 2. The nurse who tested positive, a 37-year-old Filipina from General Santos City, was located Tuesday in South Cotabato and was already admitted at the Southern Philippines Medical Center. Her specimen was sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) for further testing and confirmation. Results of the test are expected late Wednesday. Before going back to the province, she first stayed with the other nurses family from August 29 to August 30. The other nurse – a 49-year-old Filipina from Bulacan – upon learning the medical results of her co-worker, sought medical assistance at the Lung Center of the Philippines along with her family. They were immediately tested, and results that came out Wednesday morning were all negative. As of today, despite the fact that dalawa na itong nakalusot na nurses (two nurses were able to enter the country), now we can still claim that the Philippines is MERS-CoV free, Ona said. -NDI TOTO UNG KUMAKALAT SA TEXT!
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:30:01 +0000
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