Manila Bulletin
PSG implements coronavirus screening at Malacañang gates
The Presidential Security Group (PSG) is enforcing face mask use for all personnel on duty at the Malacañang Complex and has implemented temperature screening at the Palace gates.
These enhanced measures come after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed two cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the Philippines.
PSG personnel are also sanitizing hands of visitors with alcohol upon entry.
The PSG had previously recommended the indefinite suspension of Malacañang museum and Palace tours as a preemptive measure.
The patient for the country's first confirmed case, a 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, is isolated at the San Lazaro Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Manila.
President Duterte has ordered an indefinite travel ban on Chinese nationals coming from Wuhan and other affected parts of China.
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar urged the public to follow safety advisories to reduce exposure and transmission of the virus.
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