DOH Monitors New Swine Virus From China
The Philippine Star|July 02, 2020
The Department of Health (DOH) is looking into reports about a new flu virus found in pigs in China that has the potential of becoming a “pandemic virus.”
Sheila Crisostomo
DOH Monitors New Swine Virus From China

At a press briefing on Tuesday, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said they would look into the report, adding, “Hopefully, it will not have an effect now that everybody has a lot of worries.”

Vergeire was apparently referring to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has infected over 10 million people worldwide as of June 30.

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