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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207590 [Title] => Tutors, studes coming from abroad asked to observe quarantine [Summary] => ANGELES CITY The governments chief epidemiologist has advised teachers and students, who might still be vacationing in countries affected by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), to come back no less than 14 days before the school opening so they can observe the prescribed two-week quarantine period.
Dr. Consortia Quizon, chief of the National Epidemiology Center, quoted the departments of health and education as saying that after classes start, quarantine for these teachers and students would be mandatory, meaning they would be missing their classes.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207373 [Title] => WHO lifts warnings on HK, Guangdong [Summary] => GENEVA (AFP) The World Health Organization (WHO) lifted yesterday its travel warning over SARS for non-essential travel to Hong Kong and Chinas southern Guangdong province.
"WHO is changing this recommendation as the situation in these areas has now improved significantly," it said in a statement.
The warning was issued on April 2.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202294 [Title] => GMA defends travel advisory vs HK, China [Summary] => President Arroyo, citing national interest, defended the governments travel advisory yesterday warning Filipinos not to travel to either Hong Kong or southern China unless necessary so they will not risk contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
"The travel advisory is a defensive move in the national interest, and does not in any way put to doubt the valiant efforts of China to contain the disease," Mrs. Arroyo said in a statement, as she reiterated her intent for the Philippines to remain "SARS-free."
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 201671 [Title] => Politics, combined with pollution and population, equals plague [Summary] => A Filipino-Chinese family was on their way to Chicago when they were suddenly detained at the Seattle Airport because their son was reported by one of the passengers to be coughing while inside the plane. Since they arrived early in the morning, the family was kept in the holding area at the Seattle airport while the young boy was waiting for a doctor to examine him. In the meantime, no one wanted to come near them for fear of contracting the SARS virus. Later, doctors found out the child had just contracted a bad case of the common cold. [DatePublished] => 2003-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199989 [Title] => DOH: Only a matter of time before first case of mystery flu hits RP [Summary] => Its only a matter of time before the first Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) case is found in the country, Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said yesterday.
He pointed out that with thousands of tourists and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) entering the country from SARS high-risk areas such as Hong Kong and Guangdong, China, a SARS case could easily turn up any time.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207590 [Title] => Tutors, studes coming from abroad asked to observe quarantine [Summary] => ANGELES CITY The governments chief epidemiologist has advised teachers and students, who might still be vacationing in countries affected by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), to come back no less than 14 days before the school opening so they can observe the prescribed two-week quarantine period.
Dr. Consortia Quizon, chief of the National Epidemiology Center, quoted the departments of health and education as saying that after classes start, quarantine for these teachers and students would be mandatory, meaning they would be missing their classes.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207373 [Title] => WHO lifts warnings on HK, Guangdong [Summary] => GENEVA (AFP) The World Health Organization (WHO) lifted yesterday its travel warning over SARS for non-essential travel to Hong Kong and Chinas southern Guangdong province.
"WHO is changing this recommendation as the situation in these areas has now improved significantly," it said in a statement.
The warning was issued on April 2.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202294 [Title] => GMA defends travel advisory vs HK, China [Summary] => President Arroyo, citing national interest, defended the governments travel advisory yesterday warning Filipinos not to travel to either Hong Kong or southern China unless necessary so they will not risk contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
"The travel advisory is a defensive move in the national interest, and does not in any way put to doubt the valiant efforts of China to contain the disease," Mrs. Arroyo said in a statement, as she reiterated her intent for the Philippines to remain "SARS-free."
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 201671 [Title] => Politics, combined with pollution and population, equals plague [Summary] => A Filipino-Chinese family was on their way to Chicago when they were suddenly detained at the Seattle Airport because their son was reported by one of the passengers to be coughing while inside the plane. Since they arrived early in the morning, the family was kept in the holding area at the Seattle airport while the young boy was waiting for a doctor to examine him. In the meantime, no one wanted to come near them for fear of contracting the SARS virus. Later, doctors found out the child had just contracted a bad case of the common cold. [DatePublished] => 2003-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199989 [Title] => DOH: Only a matter of time before first case of mystery flu hits RP [Summary] => Its only a matter of time before the first Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) case is found in the country, Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said yesterday.
He pointed out that with thousands of tourists and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) entering the country from SARS high-risk areas such as Hong Kong and Guangdong, China, a SARS case could easily turn up any time.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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