10-month old baby girl in Cordillera youngest PUI of coronavirus

February 12, 2020

BAGUIO CITY  -- Public health officials in the Cordillera confirmed Wednesday morning there are 14 patients under investigation, including a 10-month old baby girl, the youngest being examined for the 2019 novel coronavirus.

The 10-month old baby girl came from Austria with her mother, said Amelita Pangilinan, regional director of the Department of Health. 

While Cordillera has no case of confirmed 2019 nCoV, nine PUIs are  admitted in hospitals while five were discharged, the regional health department.

Of those nine admitted in hospitals, seven are females and two are males,   Pangilinan said.

Three PUIs are from Abra; three from Baguio; two from Benguet and one from Mt. Province.

The five discharged PUIs that included a 42-year-old from Abra, showed negative for RITM, added  Pangilinan. DMS