MANILA, Philippines --- Philippine health officials will implement stricter measures to prevent infectious diseases like measles from spreading around the country and even abroad, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Tuesday. "We have instructed the representatives with our public health services team together with Bureau of Quarantine to actively coordinate with all these citizens who come from areas with infectious diseases," Duque said in a press briefing at Hotel H20 in Manila. Reuters reported that more than 40 people who brought measles in the United States were from other countries, including the Philippines. Duque said they have yet to confirm the report, but he ...
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