PH is 'model country' in fighting COVID-19 epidemic: Duque

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/02/27/20200227-overseas-filipino-workers-wearing-protective-masks.jpg"/><figcaption>Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) wearing protective masks stand outside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 18, 2020. Eloisa Lopez, Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - The Philippines is one of the model countries in preventing the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Thursday.According to Duque, the preventive measures imposed by the Philippines against COVID-19 was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as effective and imitable.&quot;Sinasabi nila, dapat siguro, gawin [ng mundo] yung ginagawa ng Pilipinas. &#x27;Yun yung sinasabi nila na, halimbawa [tayo],&quot; he told radio DZMM.Duque added the Philippines is one of nine countries that have not yet reported any case of local transmission of COVID-19.Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO representative to the Philippines, earlier told ABS-CBN News the Philippine government has already shown that it “has the capacity to implement a good quarantine program” after it repatriated 30 Filipinos from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of COVID-19.“We believe they (Philippines) understand what needs to be done,” Abeyasinghe said, adding that precautions are also in place to prevent spillover.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/25/20/who-hails-addtl-14-day-quarantine-for-returning-pinoys-from-cruise-ship">WHO hails addt’l 14-day quarantine for returning Pinoys from cruise ship</a></li></ul>The new coronavirus has mainly battered China, causing 78,596 cases and 2,746 deaths. But it has spread to another 44 countries with 3,246 cases and 51 deaths reported.<div>--With reports from Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News and Reuters</div>

MANILA - The Philippines is one of the model countries in preventing the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Thursday.

MANILA - The Philippines is one of the model countries in preventing the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Thursday.