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Gov't urged to provide free masks to indigents amid nCoV scare
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has called on the Department of Health (DOH) to distribute free face masks to workers, especially those in areas visited by the country's first confirmed novel coronavirus case.
TUCP President Raymond Mendoza highlighted that not all citizens can afford to continuously purchase face masks for protection.
He emphasized that providing free masks would alleviate the economic burden on the poor.
The DOH confirmed the Philippines' first case of the 2019-nCoV, a Chinese woman from Wuhan, on Thursday.
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