HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd confirmed on Sunday that a Chinese man died of the Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019 NCoV-ARD) on Saturday, the country’s first fatality.
“This is the first reported death outside China, but bear in mind that this is not a locally acquired case, but in the epicenter of the disease in Wuhan, where there are very large number of deaths. We are working with the DoH to minimize and contain the disease,” said World Health Organization Philippine Representative Rabindra Abeyasinghe.
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