Ayon kay Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo, inatasan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Health Secretary Francisco Duque III na magsagawa ng pag-aaral at suriin kung anong mga mas magandang pamamaraan para masiguro na hindi makapapasok sa bansa ang naturang virus.
Bagamat nababahala ang Malakanyang, nilinaw ni Panelo na hindi dapat na mag-alala o mag-panic ang publiko dahil ginagawa naman ng DOH ang mga pamamaraan para manatiling coronavirus-free ang bansa.
Pinakamabisa pa rin, ayon kay Panelo, ay maging maingat ang bawat isa, panatiling malinis ang sarili at umiwas sa mga matataong lugar.
Kung hindi naman aniya maiiwasan na pumunta sa mga matataong lugar, tiyakin na magsuot ng mask o maghugas ng kamay.
“We’re looking at it with serious concern so the President has instructed the DOH secretary to study and evaluate what better procedure should be taken in order to contain, stop the coming in of this disease in this country. I talked with Secretary Duque, he said we don’t have to worry but we have to make ourselves conscious of the fact that there may be some virus coming on so we have to protect ourselves by avoiding crowds. If we have to be there we have to wear a mask, we have to wash our hands,” ayon kay Panelo.