China News Service, March 9th. According to the Philippine Star, the Philippines ’Ministry of Health confirmed that in the afternoon of the 9th local time, 10 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were confirmed in the country, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Philippines to 20.

Philippine Deputy Minister of Health Maria Rosario Verguire said that the residence and trajectory of the 10 to 20 confirmed patients are still being collected.