30 patients in Philippines negative for 2019-nCoV

THE Department of Health announced Monday, February 3, that at least 30 patients under investigation have been found negative for the novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease .DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said of the 80 PUIs, 67 have been admitted and isolated in different hospitals, while 10 were discharged but are still under strict monitoring.

Duque said the increase in the number of PUIs can be attributed to "better" surveillance system, "contact tracing" on people who may have come in contact with the first two positive cases, and the widened PUI category, which now covers the whole of China. "We need two negative results," Duque said, adding that it will take 24 to 48 hours for the test results to be released.

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