00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed the Department of Health or DOH
00:05to heighten monitoring efforts against the NEPA virus, a disease recently
00:10detected in India.
00:11The DOH and the Bureau of Quarantine have already tightened
00:15surveillance, assuring the public that the Philippines protocol is aligned and updated with a
00:20World Health Organization guidelines.
00:22BCO Undersecretary Claire Castro said,
00:25that the DOH assures screening at our borders remains on alert and proactive.
00:30Using on-arrival thermal scanning, trained observation and meticulous scrutiny.
00:35of online health declarations.
00:37NEPA virus is a zoonotic disease.
00:40transmissible from animals to humans capable of causing brain inflammation.
00:45which can be fatal.
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