PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan: The municipality of Quezon in southern Palawan is now under a “state of emergency” from the diarrhea outbreak caused by contaminated drinking water sources.

Allan Paciones, of the Quezon Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), confirmed to the Philippine News Agency on Friday the death of four people from the outbreak.

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