No additional positive case of Covid-19 in Philippines; number of PUIs has increased
THE Department of Health said Wednesday, February 12, that there is no additional positive case of novel coronavirus in the country but the number of patients under investigation has increased to 408 from 382.
He said the number of PUIs has increased due to the contact tracing being done by the Epidemiology Bureau and Philippine National Police . Of the 246, at least 164 have been interviewed and 149 were placed on home quarantine, while 15 are showing symptoms of the new virus. With this, the DOH and other concerned agencies have been "preparing mitigation mechanism for the possibility of community spread."
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