THREAD: Deparment of Health (DOH) holds a media briefing | Watch here bit.ly/2PRMQ9e 
BREAKING: Department of Health confirms another case of coronavirus – the wife of the patient who previously tested positive
Health Secretary Francisco Duque: The sixth confirmed case is 59-year old female with cough who was admitted at the RITM on March 5. The patient is in stable condition.
Duque also confirms that the country's first local case had no recent travel history abroad, according to the Bureau of Immigration
Duque: The DOH is currently exhausting all efforts to ensure that this localized transmission does not progress to community transmission
Duque: The DOH is currently exhausting all efforts to ensure that this localized transmission does not progress to community transmission
BREAKING: Department of Health recommends declaration of a state of public health emergency due to the novel coronavirus outbreak
BREAKING: Philippines confirms first local transmission of coronavirus
Duque clarifies that the employee from Taguig-based consulting firm Deloitte Philippines is the 4th confirmed coronavirus case bit.ly/2PV3UuM
DOH: Sana dapat magkaroon tayo ng ugnayan pagdating sa pagshare ng information.
Duque says the fifth coronavirus patient, the first case of local transmission in the country, lives in Cainta, Rizal bit.ly/3cCw33r
World Health Organization Country Representative Rabindra Abeyasinghe: More coronavirus test kits are arriving
WHO: What we have now is localized transmission. We are now trying to define what are the parameters of this cluster
WHO: The mere fact that you have respiratory tract infection does not mean you have to be tested for COVID-19 unless you had contact with confirmed cases
Duque on country's first case of local transmission: There has been no report from our contact tracing teams as to the possible cause of infection
Duque: We will raise to sub-level 2 of Code Red kapag may na-establish tayong community transmission. Wala pa tayo sa ganoong state.
Duque: Hindi ko po sinabi na hindi tayo magkakaroon ng COVID-19 sa Pilipinas. Ang sinabi ko, malamang darating, ang tanong lang, kailan.
Duque: We are looking at Monday for the release or issuance of the document that will say the President has approved our recommendation
WHO: 46 people on cruise ship in California were tested for coronavirus, 21 tested positive
DOH confirms that the fourth COVID-19 case resides in Avida tower
DOH says the evacuees from Japan cruise ship will be categorized as persons under monitoring once their mandatory quarantine is over
RITM says there are 'good developments and bad developments' in 62-year-old patient from Cainta, Rizal: We recently identified another medical problem – acute kidney injury
Duque says 62-year-old patient is considered in 'critical condition' and that based on experience in other countries, patients with conditions take a 'very long time' to recover from coronavirus
RITM: The latest COVID-19 case is just having mild respiratory symptoms
Duque says the two localized cases were among the triggers for raising coronavirus alert level to Code Red
Duque: The 4th coronavirus patient boarded a PR421 flight from Haneda Airport in Japan
RITM says the five sub-national laboratories can now test samples for coronavirus infection
RITM: I am happy to report that all of them passed the proficiency test but it may take time for them to start testing on their own because of lack of resources
RITM: We will also be evaluating the facilities of UP National Institutes of Health next week
Duque: Once there is sustained community transmission or increasing number of local COVID-19 cases whose links cannot be established, the strategy will be shifted from contact tracing to implementation of lockdown or possible suspension of work and classes
