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DFA: No Filipinos in Italy infected with COVID-19

/ 01:57 PM March 03, 2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said no Filipinos in Italy have so far been reported infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the number of confirmed cases in the European country doubled over the weekend.

“Based on reports from our posts in Rome and Milan as of today – no Filipinos have been reported as affected by COVID – PUM (person under monitoring), PUI (person under investigation) or COVID positive,” DFA Assistant Secretary Eduardo Meñez told reporters in a Viber message on Tuesday.

There are currently 161,885 Filipinos in Italy, Meñez noted.

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Citing information from authorities, Associated Press reported on Monday that the number of infected people in Italy rose to 1,694, a 50-percent jump from just 24 hours earlier.

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Five more people infected with the virus have died, which brought the number of deaths in Italy to 34.

Meanwhile, 83 people have fully recovered.

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