By Daisy C L Mandap
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| Congen Tejada happily shares the news with Filcom leaders at the consultation meeting |
Consul General Raly Tejada has said all eight Filipinos who were put under
quarantine in Hong Kong have been released
after showing no symptoms of Covid-19, the illness caused by the novel
coronavirus.
He also told Filipino community leaders who gathered for a
consultation meeting at the Consulate on Sunday, Mar. 1, that the remaining
Filipina Covid-19 patient should be released anytime, for repeatedly turning
out a negative test result for the virus.
The second Filipina was diagnosed as having Covid-19 on Feb
29, after being admitted to the Pamela
Youde Nethersole
Eastern Hospital
Congen Tejada said the patient is in good health. “In fact,
wala nang nararamdaman,” he said.
The first Filipina to be diagnosed with the disease was set
to be released from the same hospital a few days earlier, but doctors reportedly
wanted to do more tests to make sure she has fully recovered.
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| Congen Tejada addresses the community leaders. |
“The first patient is supposed to be out already, but the Hong Kong government is being very cautious,” Congen
Tejada said.
The 32-year-old domestic worker was asymptomatic when admitted
to the hospital on Feb. 18 after her 67-year-old employer tested positive for the
disease. After an initial positive result, all subsequent tests on the Filipina
turned out negative for the virus.
“We are in constant touch with them,” said Congen. However,
since the patients are kept in isolation, the communication by the Consulate
with them has only been through telephone calls.
From what they have been told, Congen Tejada said both
patients are being looked after well, and are given everything that they need.
“So we just tell them to follow what they are told.”
As for the quarantined Filipinos, he said all have been
released after the 14-day mandatory period for observation, “so zero na ang
naka quarantine.”
He thanked the Filipino community for their help in
preventing the spread of the coronavirus, and also for coming together to
appeal to the Philippine government to lift the travel ban on Hong
Kong .
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But a 68-year-old former passenger on the virus-stricken
cruise ship, Princess Diamond, anchored off Japan, is undergoing further
testing after returning a “weak positive” result in an initial test.
Elsewhere, specifically in South
Korea , Italy
and Iran
There are now more than 4,000 cases in South Korea
In Italy
And in Iran
Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi is one of 66
people to have died, out of 1,501 confirmed cases in the country. Iran has the highest death toll outside of China
Among those taken ill is Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar,
along with the head of an inter-agency task force on the disease.
The number of Covid-19 cases worldwide is now nearing
90,000, with over 3,000 deaths, after just over two months since the virus was
first detected in the Chinese central city of Wuhan
But the virus is fast spreading, and has emerged in nearly
all continents, except Antarctica .
Among the countries that have expressed alarm recently over
the contagion is the United
States
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