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‘Nakakabahala’: Senators hit Duque over false claims on COVID-19 contagion
Senator Nancy Binay has refuted Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's statement regarding asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, asserting that the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned about their potential to spread the virus.
Binay cited WHO Situation Report 73, which acknowledged the possibility of asymptomatic transmission, stating that it 'does not exclude the possibility that it may occur'.
She expressed concern that Duque was disseminating incorrect information about COVID-19, which she found alarming coming from the Health Secretary.
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