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Bloomberg

The Philippines on Friday reported the first local transmission of the new coronavirus in the country, after a 62-year-old man with no travel history tested positive for the disease.
The man was admitted to hospital with “severe pneumonia” on March 1, and tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said.
“He has no known history of travel outside of the country,” he added.

Another Filipino patient, a 48-year-old lawyer, tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from a trip to Tokyo, Duque said.
Both patients are now confined at a state-run hospital.
These bring the country’s total confirmed cases to five, Duque said in a televised briefing in Manila.
“These recent developments are significant, but we are prepared to respond to its potential consequences,” he said.
“Contact tracing is being done for the two cases and samples have already been collected from close contacts,” he added.


The Department of Health is also coordinating with local government to identify persons who have interacted with the two patients, he added.
Meanwhile, authorities are also tracking down people who came in contact with three individuals from Taiwan, Japan and Australia who tested positive after visiting the Philippines, Duque said.
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Before the two new cases, three confirmed infections in the Philippines involved Chinese visitors, including one who died from the disease.
In February, a 44-year-old Chinese male from Wuhan died in the Philippines from Covid-19, the first death recorded outside of China.
Two other patients, both Chinese nationals, have recovered.


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A man who had not travelled outside the Philippines contracted Covid-19, while another man who visited Tokyo tested positive
The three earlier cases in the Philippines involved Chinese visitors, including a man who died from the disease



A man who had not travelled outside the Philippines contracted Covid-19, while another man who visited Tokyo tested positive.
