Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said President Benigno Aquino III ordered the health department to increase monitoring measures at ports of entry in the country.



He said Aquino also instructed the DOH to make sure that all hospitals swiftly report possible MERS-CoV cases.



“President Aquino has tasked the DOH to tighten surveillance and quarantine measures at ports of entry and to ensure the prompt reporting by all hospitals of patients who show symptoms of the disease for immediate isolation, treatment and contact tracing,” Coloma said in a statement.