MANILA, Philippines — The provincial government has placed Occidental Mindoro under community quarantine as risks posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 persist in the country. Meanwhile, those who traveled outside Occidental Mindoro are directed to observe mandatory home quarantine for 14 days upon their return. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus that first emerged in China’s city of Wuhan in Hubei province in late 2019. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses named the novel coronavirus as SARS-CoV-2. For more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 16, 2020 05:37 UTC