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Coronavirus countermeasures may have reduced flu patients in Japan

February 2, 2020

Tokyo–Efforts to prevent exposure to a new coronavirus may have contributed to containing the spread of influenza in Japan this year, some experts say. The estimated number of flu patients in the country in the fourth week of the year

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New Navy chief Bacordo to assume post Monday

February 2, 2020

Rear Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo is set to assume the post of Flag Officer-in-Command (FOIC) of the Philippine Navy in the change of command ceremony in Manila on Monday to be attended by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, the

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Philippines bans entry of foreigners from China, its SARs

February 2, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday ordered temporary ban of visitors from mainland China and its Special Administrative Regions amid developing cases of novel coronavirus in the country. Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of global emergency due to the Novel

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Virus casting shadow on Xi’s planned visit to Japan

February 2, 2020

Tokyo–The spread of a new coronavirus may affect a state visit to Japan by Chinese President Xi Jinping, expected to take place in early April, as it is uncertain when the outbreak will end. At a parliamentary meeting on Thursday,

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Japan introduces forced hospitalization, entry ban over coronavirus

February 2, 2020

Tokyo–The Japanese government on Saturday launched new measures aimed at preventing the spread of a new coronavirus in the country, allowing it to require infected citizens to be hospitalized and bar the entry of some foreign nationals. Authorities are now

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3 more Japanese from Wuhan test positive for coronavirus

February 2, 2020

Tokyo–Three more Japanese citizens who returned home from Wuhan, China, on government-chartered flights this week have tested positive for a new coronavirus, the health ministry said Saturday. Of the three, a man in his 40s was hospitalized due to symptoms

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Filipino-Chinese businessmen to donate at least 600,000 face masks: envoy

January 31, 2020

Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on Friday said a group of Filipino-Chinese businessmen will donate over  half a million face masks to the public following confirmation by the Department of Health of the first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCov).

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Duterte orders ban of Chinese from Hubei, other places in China affected by nCoV

January 31, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a travel ban of Chinese nationals coming from Hubei province and other areas in China with cases of deadly novel coronavirus, Malacanang said on Friday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte reached a decision after

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