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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Philippines DOH: Two kids tested positive for Enterovirus


MANILA, Philippines—Two children tested positive of Enterovirus (EV) in the Philippines–the virus that has killed many children in Cambodia, a report from Radyo Inquirer 990AM said Tuesday.

Citing the Department of Health’s confirmation of the report, assistant Health Secretary Eric Tayag was quoted as saying that two of the seven specimens submitted for testing at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine were found positive of the virus.

The two children are both in  good conditions, Tayag was quoted as saying.
The report also said that enterovirus http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/230107/doh-two-kids-tested-positive-for-enterovirus