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                    [Title] => Who says Pinay from HK unlikely to have SARS
                    [Summary] => The World Health Organization said yesterday it was unlikely that a Filipino woman was suffering from SARS, as health officials reported that she and her husband were showing signs of recovery.


Blood test results for the 42-year-old woman — who developed a fever and pneumonia days after returning from Hong Kong on Dec. 20 — and for her husband were expected today, officials said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220232 [Title] => Gov’t on the lookout for SARS anew [Summary] => President Arroyo has ordered the Department of Health (DOH) to be on the lookout for a possible resurgence of the deadly SARS virus following a new confirmed case in Singapore.

In his report to the President yesterday, Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said procedures to contain a spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) remain "in place and at full effectiveness in the wake of the new case confirmed in Singapore."

The government is prepared to deal with a possible resurgence, he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207356 [Title] => Students asked to undergo quarantine [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Education (DepEd) asked students and teachers who went to countries infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) during the summer break to observe self-quarantine before going back to school next month.

In a joint advisory, the health and education departments advised schools to require concerned students and teachers to present a medical clearance and undergo evaluation at the school clinics before they report to class.

The directive also covers foreign students coming from SARS-infected countries.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207014 [Title] => RP to be removed from list of SARS-infected countries — DOH [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) is expecting the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to strike off the Philippines from its list of SARS-infected countries today.

Dr. Consorcia Lim-Quizon, head of the DOH’s National Epidemiology Center, said Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit, who is attending the World Health Assembly in Geneva, has reported that the WHO headquarters was "amenable" to declaring the country free from SARS.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204540 [Title] => Catalon pa’s doc, nurse now SARS suspects [Summary] => A female doctor and a male nurse at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) were placed on 14-day quarantine at the hospital late Wednesday for showing initial symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

RITM director Dr. Remigio Olveda said yesterday the doctor and the nurse, both in their early 30s, had attended to Mauricio Catalon, the country’s second SARS fatality and the first local transmission reported, who was quarantined for four days at the RITM until his death on April 22.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199644 [Title] => 15-year-old Tarlac lass succumbs to SARS [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — The newest health scare Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that is spreading across much of Southeast Asia has claimed its first victim in the Philippines.

The Central Luzon Doctors’ Hospital (CLDH) in Tarlac City reported yesterday the death of a 15-year-old girl in the facility last Monday after exhibiting symptoms of the fatal disease.

The hospital, however, requested the media to withhold the identity of the victim pending the results of more examinations.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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