MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The Department of Health announced Thursday (Jan 30) that a Chinese female student is the country’s first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection.
“Today the DOH is confirming that a Chinese female student is positive for novel coronavirus 2019 after her lab results arrived from Victorian infectious disease in Melbourne, Australia, ” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said at a press briefing.
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