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                    [Title] => WHO: No worry over SARS’ return
                    [Summary] => URDANETA CITY — A World Health Organization (WHO) official said yesterday there’s no reason to worry that the dreaded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) might recur but advised people to continue surveillance and strict monitoring of all points of entry in the country.


WHO representative Dr. Jan Marc Olive said that SARS cases in the Philippines were due to importation "so I think when you consider all the cases all over the world, I think we did pretty well (in controlling it)."
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208312 [Title] => EDITORIAL – A recurring pestilence [Summary] => The stories have receded from the headlines, but it will take time before the world can rest easy over Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Last month there was troubling news that some SARS patients who had reco-vered had suffered a relapse. [DatePublished] => 2003-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207947 [Title] => 2nd SARS suspect monitored since delisting by WHO [Summary] => Barely a week after the World Health Organization (WHO) had stricken out the Philippines from the list of countries affected by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)... [DatePublished] => 2003-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207770 [Title] => Suspected SARS case in Ilocos monitored [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) is now verifying reports of a suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the Ilocos Region.

"It’s raw information and we still have to confirm it. We are now verifying this information with the epidemiologists in the region," DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said.

The patient’s profile was not immediately available but according to another epidemiologist, Dr. Agnes Venegas, the patient may not be infected with the killer pneumonia, although he has a history of travel to Hong Kong.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 206018 [Title] => CARAGA nurse SARS-free — DOH [Summary] => BUTUAN CITY — A Filipina nurse from San Francisco, California, who was hospitalized at the Butuan Doctors Hospital here after showing symptoms of the dreaded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, was declared SARS-free by the SARS Emergency Task Force.

The 45-year-old nurse was admitted at the hospital on Monday morning because of high fever, difficulty in breathing and cough, which were known SARS symptoms.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096525 [AuthorName] => Ben Serrano [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205557 [Title] => Health workers in SARS-hit areas to get 25% pay hike [Summary] => The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has recommended a hazard pay for health workers handling patients afflicted with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said the recommended amount is equivalent to 25 percent of the workers’ monthly take home pay.

The DOLE, she said, is negotiating with the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on the possibility of funding the proposed salary increase for health workers, which will amount to P10 million.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205238 [Title] => Labi ni Mauricio sinunog na [Summary] => Natuloy na rin kahapon ang cremation sa labi ni Mauricio Catalon matapos ang dalawang linggo mula ng mamatay ito sa kanser at SARS.

Mula sa Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) ay dinala sa San Lazaro Crematorium ang bangkay ni Mauricio at sinunog dakong alas-2:45 ng hapon. Binendisyunan muna ng pari ang labi bago dinala sa San Lazaro.

Walo katao mula sa RITM ang sumama na naka-ful protection lahat habang wala ni isang kapamilya ni Mauricio ang dumalo.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204722 [Title] => 'Wag ma-praning sa SARS - GMA [Summary] => Umapela kahapon si Pangulong Arroyo sa taumbayan na huwag ma-praning (paranoid) sa SARS dahil ang pagkatakot sa sakit ay higit na mapaminsala kaysa karamdaman mismo.

"Malayung-malayo pa," sabi ng Pangulo patungkol sa kalagayang national emergency ang Pilipinas at hindi pa itinatala ng WHO sa mga bansang dapat iwasan. [DatePublished] => 2003-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204729 [Title] => PNP isasabak vs SARS pero walang hazard pay [Summary] => Nakatakdang isabak laban sa kinatatakutang severe acute respiratory syndrome ang mga tauhan ng PNP upang maiwasan ang pagkalat nito ngunit hindi nakatitiyak ang mga pulis na magkakaroon sila ng hazard pay para sa serbisyo.

Sinabi kahapon ni PNP spokesman Sr. Supt. Leopoldo Bataoil na kasalukuyan pa nilang inaasikaso kung mabibigyan ng hazard pay ang mga pulis na masasabak sa misyon para tumulong sa Department of Health laban sa SARS.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204603 [Title] => Doktora at nurse ng RITM nakitaan ng sintomas ng SARS [Summary] => Isang doktora at nurse ng Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) ang sumasailalim sa masusing obserbasyon makaraang makitaan ng ilang sintomas ng SARS na hinihinalang nakuha sa nasawing si Mauricio Catalon.

Kinumpirma ni Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit na mayroong kabuuang 12 katao kasama nga ang isang doktora at nurse na lalake ang inoobserbahan dahil sa sintomas ng nabanggit na sakit.

Ayon kay Dayrit, isasailalim ang mga ito sa 10 araw na incubation at 14 na araw na quarantine makaraang i-admit ang mga ito kamakalawa ng gabi.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => WHO: No worry over SARS’ return
                    [Summary] => URDANETA CITY — A World Health Organization (WHO) official said yesterday there’s no reason to worry that the dreaded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) might recur but advised people to continue surveillance and strict monitoring of all points of entry in the country.


WHO representative Dr. Jan Marc Olive said that SARS cases in the Philippines were due to importation "so I think when you consider all the cases all over the world, I think we did pretty well (in controlling it)."
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208312 [Title] => EDITORIAL – A recurring pestilence [Summary] => The stories have receded from the headlines, but it will take time before the world can rest easy over Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Last month there was troubling news that some SARS patients who had reco-vered had suffered a relapse. [DatePublished] => 2003-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207947 [Title] => 2nd SARS suspect monitored since delisting by WHO [Summary] => Barely a week after the World Health Organization (WHO) had stricken out the Philippines from the list of countries affected by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)... [DatePublished] => 2003-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207770 [Title] => Suspected SARS case in Ilocos monitored [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) is now verifying reports of a suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the Ilocos Region.

"It’s raw information and we still have to confirm it. We are now verifying this information with the epidemiologists in the region," DOH epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte said.

The patient’s profile was not immediately available but according to another epidemiologist, Dr. Agnes Venegas, the patient may not be infected with the killer pneumonia, although he has a history of travel to Hong Kong.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 206018 [Title] => CARAGA nurse SARS-free — DOH [Summary] => BUTUAN CITY — A Filipina nurse from San Francisco, California, who was hospitalized at the Butuan Doctors Hospital here after showing symptoms of the dreaded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, was declared SARS-free by the SARS Emergency Task Force.

The 45-year-old nurse was admitted at the hospital on Monday morning because of high fever, difficulty in breathing and cough, which were known SARS symptoms.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096525 [AuthorName] => Ben Serrano [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205557 [Title] => Health workers in SARS-hit areas to get 25% pay hike [Summary] => The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has recommended a hazard pay for health workers handling patients afflicted with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said the recommended amount is equivalent to 25 percent of the workers’ monthly take home pay.

The DOLE, she said, is negotiating with the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on the possibility of funding the proposed salary increase for health workers, which will amount to P10 million.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205238 [Title] => Labi ni Mauricio sinunog na [Summary] => Natuloy na rin kahapon ang cremation sa labi ni Mauricio Catalon matapos ang dalawang linggo mula ng mamatay ito sa kanser at SARS.

Mula sa Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) ay dinala sa San Lazaro Crematorium ang bangkay ni Mauricio at sinunog dakong alas-2:45 ng hapon. Binendisyunan muna ng pari ang labi bago dinala sa San Lazaro.

Walo katao mula sa RITM ang sumama na naka-ful protection lahat habang wala ni isang kapamilya ni Mauricio ang dumalo.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204722 [Title] => 'Wag ma-praning sa SARS - GMA [Summary] => Umapela kahapon si Pangulong Arroyo sa taumbayan na huwag ma-praning (paranoid) sa SARS dahil ang pagkatakot sa sakit ay higit na mapaminsala kaysa karamdaman mismo.

"Malayung-malayo pa," sabi ng Pangulo patungkol sa kalagayang national emergency ang Pilipinas at hindi pa itinatala ng WHO sa mga bansang dapat iwasan. [DatePublished] => 2003-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204729 [Title] => PNP isasabak vs SARS pero walang hazard pay [Summary] => Nakatakdang isabak laban sa kinatatakutang severe acute respiratory syndrome ang mga tauhan ng PNP upang maiwasan ang pagkalat nito ngunit hindi nakatitiyak ang mga pulis na magkakaroon sila ng hazard pay para sa serbisyo.

Sinabi kahapon ni PNP spokesman Sr. Supt. Leopoldo Bataoil na kasalukuyan pa nilang inaasikaso kung mabibigyan ng hazard pay ang mga pulis na masasabak sa misyon para tumulong sa Department of Health laban sa SARS.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204603 [Title] => Doktora at nurse ng RITM nakitaan ng sintomas ng SARS [Summary] => Isang doktora at nurse ng Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) ang sumasailalim sa masusing obserbasyon makaraang makitaan ng ilang sintomas ng SARS na hinihinalang nakuha sa nasawing si Mauricio Catalon.

Kinumpirma ni Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit na mayroong kabuuang 12 katao kasama nga ang isang doktora at nurse na lalake ang inoobserbahan dahil sa sintomas ng nabanggit na sakit.

Ayon kay Dayrit, isasailalim ang mga ito sa 10 araw na incubation at 14 na araw na quarantine makaraang i-admit ang mga ito kamakalawa ng gabi.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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