The Philippines just had a bad scare recently with the entry of an OFW who was diagnosed in UAE as infected with MERS COV.
This resulted in a massive operation by the DOH to recall all the passengers who rode the plane with said OFW.
As of this writing, more than a hundred passengers have yet to be contacted for testing but since all tests administered so far have been negative, the Philippines remains MERS free as per the DOH advisory.
Here are some links to the news stories about the MERS scare in the Philippines:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/global-filipino/04/21/14/why-etihad-flight-passengers-need-take-mers-cov-test
http://www.doh.gov.ph/top/node/11654.html
http://www.president.gov.ph/gov_at_work/important-health-advisory-mers-corona-virus/
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/04/19/14/doh-tracking-14-passengers-mers-cov-testing
** THIS IS THE LINK TO THE LIST OF PASSENGERS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED YET**
If you know anyone on this list, please ask them to contact the DOH immediately via the numbers shown in the document
http://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/List_of_Passengers_that_Cannot_be_Contacted.pdf
Since MERS is a very serious threat to the world now, I will be posting more information about this deadly coronavirus in my next posts.
