{"id":248086,"date":"2020-03-12T21:32:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T01:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248086"},"modified":"2020-03-12T21:32:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T01:32:31","slug":"dutertes-future-foreign-trips-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/12\/dutertes-future-foreign-trips-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte\u2019s future foreign trips suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on November 4, 2019. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s future foreign travels have been suspended in a bid to protect him from being infected with the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Presidential Security Group (PSG) announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The suspension of Duterte\u2019s future trips overseas came following the recommendation of the Department of Health (DOH), the PSG said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor now, all PRRD\u2019s (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) foreign travels, especially to those countries with confirmed cases of Covid-19, have been suspended as recommended by DOH,\u201d the PSG said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n

Covid-19, which was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019, now affects more than 100 countries.<\/p>\n

The number of worldwide cases of Covid-19 has already climbed to over 120,000 and deaths have exceeded 4,300.<\/p>\n

In the Philippines, around 49 people have so far been infected with Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Prior to the PSG\u2019s announcement, Duterte revealed that he intends to visit Kuwait, one of the countries with confirmed Covid-19 cases, to personally ask the Kuwaiti government to impose the maximum penalty on the killers of Filipino domestic worker Jeanalyn Villavende.<\/p>\n

Senator Christopher Lawrence Go, Duterte\u2019s former long-time aide, earlier said Duterte would fly to Kuwait by either March or April this year.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s scheduled trip to Boracay on Thursday was also moved to another date amid concerns over the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country.<\/p>\n

Duterte and Go also underwent tests for Covid-19 at Bahay Pagbabago in Malaca\u00f1an at around 5 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The tests, which were conducted by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, came after Duterte and Go met with some Cabinet members who have direct exposure to a Covid-19 patient.<\/p>\n

In a text message, Go said the test results would be released after two days.<\/p>\n

Duterte on Sunday declared public health emergency as the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continues to rise.<\/p>\n

The Department of Health has encouraged the public to practice proper hygiene and social distancing to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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