Duterte declares Covid emergency

Mar 08, 2020 12:25 am

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of public health emergency in the country, amid the continuing spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Code Red Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd says he has proposed to the executive branch the raising of response to the coronavirus disease to Code Red sub level 1. PHOTO BY ENRIQUE AGCAOILI

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