TWO Filipinos, a man who has no travel history abroad, and one who had been to Japan, are the latest cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country, the Department of Health (DoH) confirmed on Friday.

“There is no transmission to speak of as of yet, because we only have one [local case],” Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said in a press briefing on Friday.

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