Updated January 31st, 2020 at 15:30 IST
Police raid in Manila over sale of masks
Philippine police raided a business establishment suspected of selling overpriced face masks in Manila on Friday.
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Philippine police raided a business establishment suspected of selling overpriced face masks in Manila on Friday.
The raid happened after the Department of Health announced the country's first confirmed case of a deadly new virus.
Other stores in the capital have sold out of face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak.
China, where the virus originated, has reported 9,692 confirmed cases with a death toll of 213 as of Friday, and the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a global emergency.
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Published January 31st, 2020 at 15:30 IST