JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to arrest individuals disseminating false information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus (n-CoV).

In Department Order (DO) 052, Guevarra also instructed NBI Director Dante Gierran to coordinate with the Department of Health (DoH) and provide technical assistance, if necessary, in contract tracing individuals who may have interacted with the two Chinese nationals who were confirmed positive for the n-CoV.