News Roundup 02.02.2020
Feb 02, 2020 • 1 min Read
Coronavirus won’t turn you into a ‘zombie’, says Malaysia | INQUIRER.NET – KUALA LUMPUR-The deadly coronavirus will not cause victims to act like zombies, Malaysia’s government said on social media, as officials act to correct the spread of misinformation surrounding the outbreak. Malaysia’s health ministry dismissed the rumor in a tweet saying: “The claim that individuals infected with this virus will behave like zombies is not true… Patients can recover.”
What we know so far: Philippines reports first coronavirus death outside China | PHILSTAR.COM – The Philippines has reported the first death outside China in the virus epidemic that has killed more than 300 people and spread to 24 nations. The 44-year-old Chinese man who died in the Philippines was from Wuhan, the city that has been ground-zero for the epidemic.
PH consulate in Guangzhou temporarily suspends issuance of visa | Manila Bulletin – The Philippine Consulate General temporarily suspended on Sunday the processing and issuance of visa in Guangzhou, China amid the outbreak of the 2019 novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019-nCoV ARD) that has killed more than 300 people. In an advisory, the Philippine Consulate General in Guangzhou informed the public that processing and issuance of visa are temporarily suspended until further notice.
DoH confirms first NCoV-ARD death | The Manila Times – HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd confirmed on Sunday that a Chinese man died of the Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019 NCoV-ARD) on Saturday, the country’s first fatality. “This is the first reported death outside China, but bear in mind that this is not a locally acquired case, but in the epicenter of the disease in Wuhan, where there are very large number of deaths. We are working with the DoH to minimize and contain the disease,” said World Health Organization Philippine Representative Rabindra Abeyasinghe.
