Two more Filipinos earlier suspected to having the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia were declared safe from the virus and are now on their way to recovery, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.

Charles Jose, DFA spokesman, in a news briefing, confirmed that the two nurses, both female, who earlier this week he said were still in the intensive care unit of a Riyadh hospital, are now out of the danger.

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