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Unnecessary Fear …

… that led to panic buying of disinfectants and rubbing alcohols

On Monday evening, March 9, President Duterte has formally declared a state of public health emergency in the Philippines.The president also suspended all classes, in public and private, in Metro Manila from March 10 to 14 and confirmed four more cases, totaling 24 cases.

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Alarming Fear

March 6, 2020– The fourth and fifth cases, an employee of Deloitte at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, and a resident of CaintaRizal respectively, were confirmed . Both are Filipino citizens, making them the first and second cases of Filipinos inside the Philippines.

March 7, 2020-The sixth case was confirmed. The case is of the wife of the fifth case diagnosed on March 5

The Department of Health confirmed that the fifth case was the first local transmission in the country. Code Red Sub-Level 1 was also raised as a precautionary measure.