Answer:
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Explanation:
Highlights
- A total of 7 new cases tested positive for COVID-19 between 6 and 8
March after the first 3 confirmed cases in January-February 2020.
- Case 4 is a 48-year-old male Filipino with travel history to Japan. The
patient returned to the Philippines last February 25 and experienced
chills and fever on March 3. Results tested positive for COVID-19 on
March 5. He is currently stable and admitted at the Research Institute
for Tropical Medicine (RITM).
- Cases 5 and 6 are a husband and wife without recent travel history,
and the first cases in the country of local transmission. The husband is
a 62-year-old male Filipino with known hypertension and diabetes
mellitus, who experienced cough with phlegm last February 25. The
patient sought medical consultation at a hospital in Metro Manila last
March 1 and was admitted with severe pneumonia. Results tested
positive for COVID-19 on March 5. The 59-year-old wife presented
with cough and was admitted at RITM on March 5 and is currently in
stable condition.
- Case 7 is a 38-year-old Taiwanese male with a history of contact with a Taiwanese foreign national
who visited the Philippines and tested positive for COVID-19 in Taiwan. His symptoms started last
March 3 and he is currently admitted to a private hospital.
- Case 8 is a 32-year-old Filipino male with history of travel to Japan within the past 14 days. Onset of
symptoms began on March 5 and the patient is currently admitted to a private hospital.
- Case 9 is a 86-year-old American male with pre-existing hypertension and history of travel to USA and
South Korea. Symptoms started on 1 March 2020. Patient is currently admitted to a private hospital.
- Case 10 is a 57-year-old Filipino male with no history of travel outside the country. He was reported to
have had contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case. Patient is currently admitted to a private hospital.
- The Department of Health (DOH) has intensified contact tracing and home quarantine of close con-
tacts of confirmed cases in close collaboration with Local Government Units (LGU)
- RITM is testing samples from close contacts at a capacity of 300 tests per day, while 5 sub national
laboratories have received training and supplies to start testing for COVID-19
- DOH raised the COVID-19 Alert System to Code Red sublevel 1 to prepare for possible increase in sus-
pected and confirmed cases in the country and to facilitate mobilization of resources, including pro-
curement of critical logistics and supplies.
