A number of senators on Thursday urged the Duterte administration to ban travel to China as concerns about the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) continue to grow.

Senators Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan made the appeal after the Department of Health (DoH) confirmed the first case of nCoV in the Philippines.

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