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Facing the 2019-nCoV challenge

President Duterte reads a report on the 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) during a briefing at the Malacañan Palace on Monday. Duterte met with the Cabinet officials and representatives from the World Health Organization to discuss steps in preventing the spread of the 2019-nCoV, 2 days after the health department confirmed 2 positive coronavirus infections and 80 patients under investigation in the country.

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