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DOH Announced MERS-CoV case in the Philippines
The Department of Health (DOH) has officially announced a case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) patient in the Philippines, the CNNPhilippines reports.
The 36-year-old unidentified victim was infected with the deadly MERS-CoV. The laboratory test result was released over the weekend. According to the DOH officer, the patient was immediately transferred to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) last Saturday at around 11:30 a.m. for close monitoring.
