THE first Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) patient, a 38-year-old Chinese woman confined at the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, tested positive for the disease, the Department of Health said on Friday.

The DoH also said that two more foreigners have become patients under investigation (PUI) -- an American and a Chinese.

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