MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino woman who recently died after contracting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) died alone and was hurriedly cremated, without any ceremony or tribute, her daughter lamented. All of their family and friends have been exposed to the two patients and are already in isolation and quarantine, Paqueo added. “No one knows how they contracted COVID-19, but Manila is a crowded, internationally mix city of 13 million people. READ: Resource person with COVID-19 forces Senate to go on lockdownTo date, 64 patients were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, with eight cases ending in deaths. READ: Philippines upgrades coronavirus alert to Code Red Sublevel 2The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses identified the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 as SARS-CoV-2.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 14, 2020 07:07 UTC