{"id":249445,"date":"2020-03-21T20:49:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T00:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249445"},"modified":"2020-03-21T20:49:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T00:49:45","slug":"covid-19-cases-in-ph-climb-to-307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/21\/covid-19-cases-in-ph-climb-to-307\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 cases in PH climb to 307"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_248766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248766\" style=\"width: 2400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-Zh-btVpBcdw-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248766\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-Zh-btVpBcdw-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-Zh-btVpBcdw-unsplash.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-Zh-btVpBcdw-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-Zh-btVpBcdw-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-Zh-btVpBcdw-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meanwhile, Vergeire advised the public to remain vigilant on drugs that could reportedly cure Covid-19, such as chloroquine. (File Photo by &#x1f1e8;&#x1f1ed; Claudio Schwarz | @purzlbaum\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 77 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing to 307 the total number in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on our latest test results, there are 77 additional positive cases today. The total number of Covid-19 cases as of 4 p.m. is 307,&#8221; Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>She also reported one more death caused by Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 19 as of March 21.<\/p>\n<p>Patient 205, a 73-year-old Filipina from San Juan City, was pronounced dead on arrival on March 12 but was only confirmed Covid-19-positive on March 18.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vergeire advised the public to remain vigilant on drugs that could reportedly cure Covid-19, such as chloroquine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chloroquine is an off-label drug, meaning it is used for another purpose. This is an anti-malarial drug and it has side effects that&#8217;s why we advise the public to source verified information only,&#8221; she said in Filipino.<\/p>\n<p>She said chloroquine cannot be used as prophylaxis or a preventive treatment against a viral disease like Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Ang ating payo ay mag-ingat po sa mga gamot na puwedeng gamitin o hindi gamitin. Ang mga gamot na ito ay ibinibigay<\/em>\u00a0with the adequate guidance\u00a0<em>po ng ating mga doctor bago ito magamit<\/em>\u00a0(Our advice to the public is to take caution about medicine that can be or cannot be used. These drugs should be administered with the adequate guidance of our doctors),&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 77 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing to 307 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":248766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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\/249445","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=249445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249446,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249445\/revisions\/249446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}