{"id":249310,"date":"2020-03-20T18:38:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T22:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249310"},"modified":"2020-03-20T18:38:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T22:38:27","slug":"covid-positive-filipino-in-hong-kong-recovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/20\/covid-positive-filipino-in-hong-kong-recovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-positive Filipino in Hong Kong recovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_248198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248198\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248198\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/face-mask-on-blue-background-3786126-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a statement, the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong said the Filipino was certified Covid-19 free and discharged from the hospital on March 20. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Another Filipino has recovered from the highly-contagious coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Hong Kong, the Philippine Consulate General reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong said the Filipino was certified Covid-19 free and discharged from the hospital on March 20.<\/p>\n<p>At present, only one Filipino Covid-19 positive patient remains at a hospital in isolation and the Consulate General is extending all necessary assistance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let us continue to remain vigilant and together we can win the fight against Covid-19!!! Mabuhay\u00a0<em>ang mga nagkakaisang Pinoy sa<\/em>\u00a0Hong Kong (Long live the united Pinoy in Hong Kong),&#8221; the Consulate General said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported that two Filipinos tested positive for the Covid-19 in Singapore, bringing to 13 the total number of confirmed Filipino cases in the city-state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through the information from the Singaporean Ministry of Health, the embassy confirms that the 12th and 13th Filipino nationals who were confirmed positive with Covid-19 are currently confined in hospitals,&#8221; the DFA told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 13 Filipinos who contracted the disease, two have already been discharged.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine embassy in Singapore remains in close coordination with local authorities and stands ready to help the remaining patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Another Filipino has recovered from the highly-contagious coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Hong Kong, the Philippine Consulate General reported &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":248198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249310","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\/249310","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=249310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249311,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249310\/revisions\/249311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}