PHL confirms second novel coronavirus case; second case died on Saturday, DOH says
(Eagle News)–Health Secretary Francisco Duque III confirmed on Sunday, Feb. 2, the country’s second coronavirus -acute respiratory disease case, also the first death related to the virus in the country.
In a televised press conference, Duque said the Chinese male companion of the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the country, the 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, China, died yesterday, Saturday, Feb. 1, after suffering complications including severe pneumonia.
The 44-year-old man had tested positive for the virus.
Reports said he had to be intubated after he was admitted to the hospital.
The woman, on the other hand, was reported...