News Roundup 30 January 2020
Jan 30, 2020 • 1 min Read
BREAKING: DOH confirms first case of novel coronavirus in PH | INQUIRER.NET – “Today the DOH is confirming that a Chinese female patient under investigation is positive for novel coronavirus 2019 after her lab results arrived from the Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a press briefing. Laboratory results arrived from Australia on Thursday, showing that the 38-years-old Chinese is positive for the deadly virus.
Quiboloy’s church workers in LA physically abused, forced into sham marriages | PHILSTAR.COM – Workers for the church of evangelist Apollo Quiboloy in Los Angeles were physically abused and were forced into fraudulent marriages to continue staying in the United States, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent. The FBI raided the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) in a human trafficking investigation which led to the arrests of three church administrators.
Solons weigh in on first nCoV case in PH | Manila Bulletin – While the Department of Health drew praise from congressmen Thursday, a senior administration lawmaker chided health officials for actions that have triggered panic about the dreaded novel coronavirus (nCoV ) over the whole archipelago. Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza said the “two percent” mortality rate of nCoV does not even match the percentage of deaths of Filipinos afflicted of cancer, tuberculosis, heart disease, and even ordinary flu.
Deadliest day for China in virus fight, as global fears mount | The Manila Times – China reported its biggest single-day jump in novel coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as global fears deepened with more infections confirmed overseas including three Japanese evacuated from the outbreak’s epicenter. The World Health Organization, which initially downplayed a disease that has now killed 170 in China, was readying to meet Thursday to decide whether to declare it a global emergency.
