Amid the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) scare in the country, private analysts have shared the view of the government’s economic managers that the outbreak would only have a minimal impact on Philippine economic growth.

Maybank Kim Eng chief economist Suhaimi Ilias said the spread of the virus was likely only in the short term.

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