The Department of Health has confirmed the third case of the novel coronavirus in the Philippines.
The patient is a 60-year-old Chinese woman who arrived from Hong Kong to Cebu on January 20.
She immediately went to Bohol based on her travel history.
Health officials are now expediting the contact tracing on passengers of the flight with the infected passenger.
Some 133 patients are now under investigations for the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, 115 are currently admitted and isolated and 16 have been discharged and under strict monitoring.
The first coronavirus patient in the country is a 38-year-old female Chinese tourist who visited Wuhan City, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak. She went to Cebu and proceeded to Dumaguete before submitting herself to Manila for testing.
The woman’s 44 year-old companion died on Sunday due to pneumonia but was later on a positive result of the 2019-ncov.
