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Three COVID-19 patients reveal themselves to help contact tracing

March 30, 2020

BAGUIO CITY – Three persons positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)  have come out in the open to warn people they came in contact with to seek medical attention. Mayor Benjamin Magalong sounded this call for persons positive for

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Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies after coronavirus infection

March 30, 2020

Tokyo–Popular Japanese comedian Ken Shimura died on Sunday after being infected with the novel coronavirus, it was learned on Monday. He was 70. On March 19, Shimura told a doctor he had fever and difficulty breathing. After being delivered to

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68 Coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo

March 30, 2020

Tokyo–Sixty-eight new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Tokyo, metropolitan government sources said Sunday. This is the highest single-day number reported in the Japanese capital, eclipsing Saturday’s 63. The total number of coronavirus cases in Tokyo thus

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Field validation of DOST COVID-19 test kits to be finished Wednesday

March 30, 2020

The field validation for the COVID-19 testing kits is expected to be finished by Wednesday, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Monday. Issuance of the Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) from the Food and Drug Administration Philippines (FDA)

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MIAA reopens runway where plane crashed Sunday

March 30, 2020

The Manila International Airport Authority ( MIAA) reopened the runway where a plane on medical evacuation mission to Japan caught fire after takeoff Sunday night. The 06-24 runway was reopened at 4:20 am, said Ed Monreal, MIAA general manager. Monreal

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No need to hoard food: Japan experts

March 30, 2020

Tokyo–The public does not need to panic buy and hoard food even if Japanese government declares a state of emergency to fight the novel coronavirus, retail industry and other experts say. Japan has enough stock of food, and going out

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8 killed in NAIA aircraft crash

March 29, 2020

Eight people died after a civilian aircraft bound for Haneda, Japan crashed and caught fire in Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday evening, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said. In a statement, CAAP said the incident transpired

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Philippine COVID-19 cases soar to 1,418 with 71 deaths

March 29, 2020

The number of infected patients due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country has increased to 1,418 with 71 deaths, according to the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday. In its latest bulletin, the DOH said 343 new cases were

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