{"id":248189,"date":"2020-03-13T05:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T09:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248189"},"modified":"2020-03-13T05:08:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T09:08:27","slug":"filipino-diplomat-in-ny-has-covid-19-dfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/13\/filipino-diplomat-in-ny-has-covid-19-dfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino diplomat in NY has Covid-19: DFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_247937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247937\" style=\"width: 2400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-247937\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"3106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash-791x1024.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-247937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Yes, one of our diplomats at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York has tested positive for Covid. The necessary health and safety protocols have been implemented,&#8221; DFA Assistant Secretary Eduardo Menez told reporters. (File Photo by CDC\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday confirmed that a female Filipino diplomat tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, one of our diplomats at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York has tested positive for Covid. The necessary health and safety protocols have been implemented,&#8221; DFA Assistant Secretary Eduardo Menez told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He said this prompted the shut down of the Philippine Center in New York where several Philippine government offices are housed, including the Philippine Mission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Philippine Center on 5th Avenue was shut down for disinfecting process and personnel (are) on self-quarantine,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a prior tweet, DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the diplomat is now doing well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s young, spritely, smart and taking some doctor prescribed meds,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Philippine Consulate General in New York also suspended its consular operations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following standard operating procedure, Consulate General officers and staff will self-quarantine for the protection of the community. As a result of this development, PCGNY suspends its operations until further notice,&#8221; Consul General Claro Cristobal said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the diplomat attended a meeting at the UN headquarters on Monday for about half an hour and began showing symptoms on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday confirmed that a female Filipino diplomat tested positive for the coronavirus &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":247937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248189","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\/248189","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=248189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248190,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248189\/revisions\/248190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}