The Philippines has 16 new cases of 2019 coronavirus disease or COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 49, said Wednesday the Ministry of Health (DOH). Coronavirus disease is a respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China’s city in Hubei province. The International Committee on Virus Taxonomy classified SARS-CoV-2 as the …

Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Monday that there are two residents of Pasig City suffering from coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19). Sotto said that one of them is confined to Medical City Pasig while the other is confined to a private hospital outside the city. Sotto said that the city is adopting the precautionary measures set out by the DOH …