{"id":244214,"date":"2020-02-06T01:29:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T06:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244214"},"modified":"2020-02-06T01:29:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T06:29:05","slug":"ofw-quarantined-in-hk-after-exposure-to-ncov-employer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/06\/ofw-quarantined-in-hk-after-exposure-to-ncov-employer\/","title":{"rendered":"OFW quarantined in HK after exposure to nCoV+ employer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_187845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187845\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Department-of-Foreign-Affairs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187845\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Department-of-Foreign-Affairs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Department-of-Foreign-Affairs.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Department-of-Foreign-Affairs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Department-of-Foreign-Affairs-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Department-of-Foreign-Affairs-20x15.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Just like the first case, the said Filipino is healthy and asymptomatic but needs to undergo 14-day quarantine based on Hong Kong\u2019s protocol,&#8221; the DFA statement read. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dfaphl\/photos\/a.138804356274407\/675777269243777\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dfaphl\/\">Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; A Filipino worker in Hong Kong was quarantined following exposure to her employer who tested positive for the 2019-novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The verification of the second Filipino quarantined abroad due to the virus came from the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong upon coordination with local health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just like the first case, the said Filipino is healthy and asymptomatic but needs to undergo 14-day quarantine based on Hong Kong\u2019s protocol,&#8221; the DFA statement read.<\/p>\n<p>It assured the public that the government has a &#8220;vigilant and tested plan&#8221; to ensure the health and the welfare of Filipinos domestically and overseas amid the 2019-nCoV ARD outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said it would work closely with relevant government agencies to extend immediate assistance to Filipinos quarantined abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We urge our countrymen in affected areas worldwide to abide by the guidelines of host countries and take the necessary personal precautions to ensure their health and safety,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1093051\">\u00a0DFA confirmed the first case of a Filipino infected abroad<\/a>, a crewmember onboard a cruise ship docked in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The Diamond Princess cruise ship, docked at the port of Yokohama, was quarantined by the Japanese government when one of the passengers tested positive for the virus.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; A Filipino worker in Hong Kong was quarantined following exposure to her employer who tested positive for the 2019-novel &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":187845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244215,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244214\/revisions\/244215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}