By Noreen Jazul  A Filipina who works in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019 nCoV ARD), said she would rather stay in the city than go home to the Philippines. People wearing facemasks to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, wait at Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan on January 24, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with DZMM radio Monday, overseas Filipino worker Dhel Tanaga said she does not want to risk the possibility of carrying the virus to the Philippines. "Kung ako lang po ang tatanungin at andito po ako sa mismong pinangalingan at malapit lang po sa akin , mas maganda po iyong di muna kami uuwi ng Pilipinas kasi di po namin alam kung may virus na kaming dala sa katawan," Tanaga said. (If it was up to me, since I'm at the epicenter of the virus, and I'm near where the virus originated, I think it's better for us Filipinos not to go home to the Philippines, because we don't know if we're already carrying the virus in our bodies.) "Ayoko pong umuwi sa Pilipinas na magdadala po ako ng virus. It's better na ako na lang po ang meron dito, kesa magdadala ako sa Philippines, sa Pilipinas po kasi napaka hirap kung tayo pa ay dumami ang virus." (I don't want to return to the Philippines and bring the virus. It's better that I acquire the virus, rather bring it to the Philippines, because it would be very difficult if the virus spreads in the Philippines.) Tanaga said other Filipinos in Wuhan share her sentiments, and prefer to stay in the city. "Ayaw din po nila , kasi ayaw pong magdala ng virus." (They don't want to go home because they don't want to bring the virus with them.) Tanaga, meanwhile, said Filipinos in Wuhan are well amid the threat of the 2019 nCoV ARD. "Okay lang kami dito, walang infected sa virus, lahat po kaming Filipino is okay po dito," she said. (We're okay here, no one is infected by the virus, all of us Filipinos are okay here.)