On February 5, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed a third case in a 60-year-old Chinese woman who came from Hong Kong to Cebu on January 20 before she travelled to Bohol where she consulted a doctor at a private hospital on January 22 due to experiencing fever and rhinitis. Samples taken from the patient on January 24 returned a negative result, but the DOH was notified on February 3 that samples taken from the patient on January 23 tested positive for the virus. The patient upon recovery on January 31 was allowed to go home to China.[5]