The DOH raised code red on COVID-19 after the confirmation of the first case of local transmission yesterday.
President Rodrigo Duterte will release an executive order (EO) on March 9 to strengthen the public health response to the coronavirus (COVID-19).Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo told Radyo Inquirer that he will release the EO on the declaration of the state
The case involves a Chinese national who came from the virus epicenter Wuhan.
The Department of Health (DOH) confirms the second case and first casualty of the novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in the Philippines. The death of the 44-year-old Chinese man is the first to be reported outside China.
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