THE provincial government of Sulu has called on the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for assistance following reports that the new strain of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has been detected in Sabah, Malaysia.

Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan on Friday told The Manila Times that he had instructed his staff to consult the task force on how best to handle the emerging situation.