{"id":42618,"date":"2015-02-16T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42618"},"modified":"2015-02-16T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T14:15:00","slug":"2-ofws-test-negative-of-mers-cov-after-incubation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/16\/2-ofws-test-negative-of-mers-cov-after-incubation\/","title":{"rendered":"2 OFWs test negative of MERS-CoV after incubation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PALO, Leyte — Two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Eastern Visayas who were in the same flight with the Filipina nurse from Saudi Arabia have tested negative of Middle East Respiratory-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).<\/p>\n

The Department of Health (DOH) Eastern Visayas quarantined the two OFWs at the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC) in Tacloban City from Friday to Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe quarantine period was only two days since they\u2019ve been home for nearly two weeks. They have not shown any symptoms of the virus,\u201d said DOH regional epidemiologist Boyd Cerro.<\/p>\n

The health department field office here got the list of the workers from the region who had contact with the Filipino nurse last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe immediately searched these two OFWs and talked to their family about the quarantine protocol,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The two male OFWs \u2013 from Leyte and Eastern Samar were discharged Sunday afternoon, completing the 14-day monitoring period. The test result was released Monday, indicating that both workers are negative of the virus.<\/p>\n

The EVRMC has five rooms designed to isolate patients with suspected highly contagious diseases.<\/p>\n

The isolation room maintained at the regional hospital had been used by the health department during the height of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003.<\/p>\n

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause a range of illnesses in humans, from the common cold to the SARS. Viruses in this family also cause a number of animal diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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