{"id":247145,"date":"2020-03-05T19:18:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=247145"},"modified":"2020-03-05T19:18:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:18:13","slug":"dfa-confirms-3rd-pinoy-covid-19-patient-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/05\/dfa-confirms-3rd-pinoy-covid-19-patient-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA confirms 3rd Pinoy Covid-19 patient in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_246667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246667\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/temperature-4820697_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-246667 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/temperature-4820697_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/temperature-4820697_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/temperature-4820697_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/temperature-4820697_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/temperature-4820697_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-246667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry says Canadians who have recently travelled across the border into Washington state do not need to contact public health officials unless they feel sick. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The third Filipino who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is currently confined in a hospital and is undergoing tests, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong, confirms reports of a third Filipino national who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong Kong,&#8221; the agency said in a bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>The new Covid-19 patient, said to be asymptomatic, brings to three the total number of Filipino who contracted the disease after the first one was confirmed last month.<\/p>\n<p>The other two Filipinos have now recovered and are expected to be discharged soon, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It should be noted that all three Filipinos reportedly contracted the virus from their employers,&#8221; the bulletin read.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the consulate continues to closely monitor the condition of all Filipino nationals in Hong Kong and render assistance as needed.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The third Filipino who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is currently confined in a hospital and is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":246667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247145","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\/247145","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=247145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247146,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247145\/revisions\/247146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}