President Rodrigo Duterte said he would seek the help of China if the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak in the Philippines worsens.

In his address to the nation on Thursday night, Duterte bared that Chinese President Xi Jinping was willing to help the country in its fight to contain the contagion.

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