As many as 11 persons in the Philippines suspected of being infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus are “under investigation,” Department of Health (DoH) Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said on Saturday.

“As of now, we have 10 to 11 [suspected cases], but this is still for verification. They are what we call ‘persons under investigation’,” Duque said in an interview during the ceremony for the Rotary Golden Wheel Awards in Quezon City.

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