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Coronavirus

Philippines to declare emergency after first community virus transmission

Alarm as victims had not traveled abroad; medical staff prep for more cases

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte   © Reuters

MANILA (Reuters) -- Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will declare a public health emergency to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, after the country recorded its first case of community transmission, officials said on Saturday.

The nation's health ministry has reported three new cases of the infection since Friday, adding to the three Chinese tourists who were diagnosed with the virus in January and the first week of February.

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