The Chinese government successfully built a 1000-bed capacity hospital in just ten days amid the 2019-nCoV outbreak happening in Wuhan and other parts of China.

China has finished building the Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan City, Hubei province on Sunday after 10 days of construction.

The said hospital was built by the Chinese government as part of the emergency action on the increasing cases of nCoV in Hubei Province where the said virus was believed to be originated.

After it was completed, the said hospital quickly admit patients who are suspected to be carrying 2019-nCoV.

According to some reports, the hospital has an area of 25,000 square meters, has 1,000 beds and going to be handled by 1,400 medical staff from the People’s Liberation Army.

They’re also building a second emergency hospital called Leishenshan or Thunder-God Mountain Hospital.

CGTN also posted a time-lapse video showing how fast is the construction of the said hospital.

The Chinese Government received praise from some netizens in the Philippines after they made an amazing feat of building a big hospital in just 10 days.

“Sa pinas aabutin ng limang taon bago matapos,” netizen Em Jong said.

“Kung sa pinas. sus 3 yrs. haligi pa,” netizen Macdo Cebrian commented.

“Sense of urgency ang kapuri-puri sa kanila. E ano naman kung hindi iyan tunay na gusali at container van lang na pinagpatong-patong? Ang mahalaga, nagawa agad nila iyan sa loob ng maikling panahon at nakakabilib iyon. Wala nang argument na kailangan dito kundi panalangin na sana tuluyan nang matapos ang pagkalat ng virus na iyan,” Iya Gueta remarked.

Chinese people who are visiting the Philippines are reportedly experiencing bad treatment from Filipinos because they’re seen as a possible carrier of the virus.

Netizen, Noel Landero Sarifa is one of the netizens who saw the effects of the inhospitality experienced by some Chinese tourists in the Philippines amid the nCoV scare.

On his Facebook post, Sarifa narrated his encounter with a Chinese tourist who’s sitting next to him on a plane.

According to the netizen, the tourist apologized to him without any reason and trying to isolate himself from the other passengers in the whole duration of the flight.

Sarifa said that he almost became emotional on what he witnessed, pointing out that the Chinese people are already affected by the bad treatment they experienced from the Filipinos.

The netizen added that the Filipinos should stop treating the Chinese tourist badly and let them enjoy traveling around the Philippines.

You can read his post below:

“I experienced first hand the stigma the Filipino people have brought upon Chinese nationals. Pasakay ako ng plane and my seat number is 5B so nasa gitna yong seat ko, pagdating ko sa tapat ng upaan, I saw a Chinese guy already seating on seat 5C the aisle seat, nakayuko sya. ( I can tell base on the print on his hand bag that he is Chinese, akala ko mababahala ako kasi kakaputok lang ng balita na may NCoV na sa Pilipinas, but instead natuwa ako, I feel like in these time of epidemic they need a friend. Nakamask naman ako, and nakamask sya so I have nothing to worry.”

“I put my bag sa over head bin and pagkatapos nag-excuse ako, para umupo sa tabi nya. Tumingin sa sya akin na parang nahihiya and immediately says sorry. Tumayo sya agad and he bow down as if ang laki ng kasalanan nya and he says sorry again. I said it’s ok with a smile, but I guess he can’t tell kasi nakayuko pa din sya and naka mask kaming dalawa. I seated beside him and when he sat down, he tries to isolate himself. Nakadikit ang paa nya at yong kamay nya nakapatong sa lap nya and nakayuko. Gusto kung sabihin na, it’s ok I don’t judge you or anything pero I don’t know If I interpreted his actions properly so I was hesitant.”

“When the guy on the window seat arrived, he did the same thing he immediately stand up and bow down, says sorry and nakayuko lang. Naawa ako nagusto ko syang yakapin and tell him everything is ok. I stand up as well and give the guy on the window seat a way, but usually hindi ko ginagawa yun inadjust ko lang ang paa ko para makapasok sa inner seat ung katabi ko, but with the Chinese guy’s gesture, napatayo na din ako. Umupo kaming tatlo and the guy on the window seat binaba nya yong arm rest, seems pabagsak putting a barrier between us. Saka ko lang nakita may arm rest pala, ung ibang plane kasi wala. I did not bother na ibaba ung arm rest sa right side ko where the Chinese guy is seating para hindi sya lalong ma-awkward, I let him decide if he wants to pull it down but then nung umupo na sya, umupo syang nakadikit ang mga hita, ang kamay sa lap nya and nakayuko. I wanted sana na magchitchat to make him feel as ease kaso baka may pinagdadaanan yong tao at mali interpretation ko, so nagbuntong hininga ako and pinikit ang mga mata.”

“Sa sobrang antok nakatulog ako and nagising when the pilot announced our arrival, I was stunned cause he is still seating the same way as he does before ako pumikit, it is 1 hour travel, so kung ako nasa position nya mangangalay ako. Sobrang naawa ako sa kanya, di ko namalayan nangilid na yong luha sa mga mata ko. When everyone is departing the plane, nauna syang lumabas and I can see him rushing all the way to the exit, mabilis na naglalakad nakayuko at walang lingon-lingon.”

“Hindi ko alam if I interpreted his actions correctly but if he is a tourist and he is afraid and feels threatened in our country, anong klaseng host tayo? He should be enjoying his stay here. Filipino are not superior over Chinese and also Chinese are not superior to us, but the way this epidemic shows the true color of Filipino, masyadong mataas ang tingin natin sa sarili natin at mapanghusga sa kapwa, lalong lalo na sa mga Chinese. It is wrong, very very wrong.”

As of writing, the post of Sarifa already reached 3,000 shares on social media.

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Doctors working in Thailand have possibly discovered the cure for the 2019-novel coronavirus after their nCoV patient’s condition improved in just 48 hours.

The good news was announced by Dr. Kriangsak Attipornwanich during the press briefing of Thailand’s Public Health Ministry, saying that the said patient became negative in nCoV after trying a mixture of drugs for HIV and Influenza.

According to them, they checked the respiratory system of the patient and found no trace of the virus.

“I had treated a patient with a severe condition, and the result has been very satisfactory. The patient’s condition has improved very quickly within 48 hours. And the test result has also changed from being positive into negative within 48 hours as well,” Atipornwanich said.

Some reports also mentioned that hospitals in Beijing, China are using the same method to their patients, however, it’s not yet known if they’re successful in treating them.

There are already 19 confirmed cases of nCoV in Thailand and there are also 311 patients being observed by the doctors.

Caviteños expressed their concern over the plan of the government to build a quarantine center for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Cavite.

Officials of the Department of Health (DOH) announced their plan to build quarantine areas in Caballo Island in Cavite for Filipino workers who were forced to go home because of the situation in China, especially in Wuhan.

Caballo island is about 9km from Ternate Town in Cavite and it’s already been used as a quarantine area in 2014 for the soldiers and police officers who went to Liberia.

However, some Caviteños opposed the plan of DOH, saying that the OFWs who were considered as heroes in the Philippines might be carrying the novel coronavirus.

They pointed out that some places in Cavite are still not yet recovering from the Taal volcano erption, some evacuees are also still staying in the said province.

“Don’t do this in Cavite, this is a historical place, not a treatment island, ,though madaming hospital it is because we have so many working people here which is needed to be protected as well as their families also, please Gov. protect us,” Geing Sanico said.

“Kakatapos nga lang ng taal eruption at marami p evacuees d2 from taal tpos d2 nyo p naisipan gawn yan?prang dnagdagan nyo lng isipn nmin mga tga cavite at batangas. asan hustsya?” Mylene Capagalan commented.

“Bakit sa cavite. sa probinsya ng mga sumasamba ng chinese dapat,” Noel Ortega remarked.

Some netizens tried to defend the decision of the government, pointing out that Caballo island is too far from the mainland of Cavite.

“Ang OA ng iba nd naman malapit sa bahay nyo iququarantine eh sa isla po at kapwa pinoy!.imbes n mgdasal nlng po ntin puro kau kuda!” netizen Lhen Sandajan told her fellow Caviteños.

“It is safe. Ginawa na din yan quarantine nung nauso ang SARS dati. Di naman kami nahawa mga taga Ternate,” Queen Reyes said.

Aside from Caballo island, the government is also planning to use the 10,000-bed rehabilitation center at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija.