At this point, the Cavite governor appealed to his local leaders and constituents “to be transparent with the truth.”“Cloaking information is a greater disservice to the people. The people have the right to be informed.”“Please follow the guidelines set by the DOH,” he also said. To date, the Philippines has 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 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. KGAFor more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 10, 2020 06:45 UTC