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China donates 200K surgical masks to PH
The Palace expressed gratitude to China for a donation of 200,000 surgical face masks and an offer to share medical information concerning the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) outbreak.
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo reiterated the Philippines' commitment to supporting other countries in addressing the global outbreak.
He called on the public to stop spreading hate, stigma, and false narratives about the disease to avoid exacerbating fear and panic.
The 2019-nCoV ARD, which broke out in Wuhan City, China in December 2019, has claimed over 300 lives in China and infected over 14,000 others worldwide.
The Philippines recorded its second confirmed case of 2019-nCoV ARD and the first death due to the virus outside China on Sunday.
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The DOH confirmed the Philippines' first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), a 38-year-old woman from Wuhan, China, who arrived in the Philippines via Hong Kong on January 21, 2020.
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