Philippines announces State of Emergency due to COVID-19

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has signed a decree on the introduction of a regime of health emergency due to coronavirus, the report citing RIA Novosti.

Earlier it was reported that the total number of people affected by a coronavirus in the Philippines had reached 10.

"All government agencies and local administrations are required to provide full assistance. Also, cooperate and mobilize the necessary resources to take serious, urgent and appropriate action promptly to respond to and contain and eliminate the COVID-19 threat, without delay," the decree said on the official website of the Presidential Administration.

The decree also requires the Philippine National Police and other law enforcement agencies to be involved in combating the threat of coronavirus proliferation.

Previously, WHO said that Coronavirus infection got reported in 101 countries, with the number of cases worldwide rising to 105,586.