THE DAVAO City Health Office (CHO) is monitoring eight people with recent travel to China and Thailand after exhibiting symptoms of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The individuals are under home quarantine after undergoing voluntary medical check-up at a local hospital, according to CHO officer-in-charge Gene L. Gulanes. Of the eight, two are Filipinos and the rest Chinese. Department of Health (DoH) Regional Director Annabelle P. Yumang has also confirmed that one person in the region is under investigation for the virus. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Quarantine-Davao regional office said the crew and 79 passengers of the Xiamen Air flight that came from Jinjiang in Fujian, China and arrived at the Davao International Airport (DIA) on Wednesday afternoon all passed the body temperature test using the installed thermal scanner and clinical thermometers upon arrival. Davao City-based Chinese Consul General Li Lin, for his part, said none of the 37 Chinese passengers carry a passport issued by Hubei Province, the center of the nCov virus, and none have recent travel in the area. “All inbound passengers and crew from Jinjiang were tested by the quarantine department… and all passengers had body temperature below 37.3 degrees Celsius,” Mr. Lin said in a text message to BusinessWorld. — Maya M. Padillo

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