INTERIOR Secretary Eduardo Año ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest purveyors of fake news about the novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV-ARD).

Año, in a statement, directed the Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) to “go after the perpetrators of false information on coronavirus because their acts are inimical to the interest of the general public”.

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