{"id":246519,"date":"2020-02-29T01:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T06:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=246519"},"modified":"2020-02-29T01:24:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T06:24:46","slug":"govt-eyes-visayas-mindanao-quarantine-sites-amid-covid-19-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/29\/govt-eyes-visayas-mindanao-quarantine-sites-amid-covid-19-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t eyes Visayas, Mindanao quarantine sites amid Covid-19 scare"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nograles said the plan was pitched, as the government readies itself for the possible \u201cworst-case scenario,\u201d considering that cases of Covid-19 continue to soar worldwide. (File photo<\/a>: PTV\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0The Duterte government is considering developing some facilities in Visayas and Mindanao as potential quarantine sites for the next batches of Filipino repatriates from countries hit by the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Nograles said the plan was pitched, as the government readies itself for the possible \u201cworst-case scenario,\u201d considering that cases of Covid-19 continue to soar worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we\u2019ve identified several potential sites for quarantine sa<\/em> Visayas and Mindanao. Again, these are all just in preparation for the worst-case scenario. It\u2019s better prepared and that we\u2019re prepared for any eventuality,\u201d he said in an interview with CNN Philippines.<\/p>\n

All Filipinos who returned home from Covid-19 hit countries have been quarantined at the New Clark City\u2019s Athlete Village in Capas, Tarlac.<\/p>\n

Over 400 Filipinos aboard M\/V Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan are currently undergoing the prescribed 14-day quarantine period. Three of them were admitted to a public hospital in Pampanga after exhibiting symptoms of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Nose and throat swabs from the three, who have coughs and colds, have already been sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) for testing.<\/p>\n

Nograles said the government also sought to tap the rehabilitation center in Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija as a quarantine site for overseas Filipinos who wish to come home amid the Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also looking at Fort Magsaysay because that was the initial quarantine facility that we\u2019re looking at before going to Athletes Village. So, if in case we need to repatriate more of our countrymen from other countries including Macau, Fort Magsaysay is something that we\u2019re looking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

At present, more than 3,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported outside China.<\/p>\n

The Philippines has confirmed three cases of Covid-19, involving three Chinese nationals from the central city of Wuhan, China where the virus originates.<\/p>\n

There is no existing case of new coronavirus in the Philippines, since one of the three Covid-19 patients died, while the remaining two already recovered from the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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