A five-year-old Chinese boy who traveled from Wuhan in China to Cebu City could be the Philippines’ first severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-like virus case.

The Department of Health on Tuesday said it was monitoring the boy who tested positive for nonspecific pancorona virus. The boy arrived on January 12 from Wuhan, where the mystery virus originated.

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