MALACAÑANG on Tuesday said there was no need for a travel ban to the Middle East despite the death of a Filipino health worker infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the Department of Health (DOH) does not recommend such a ban.

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