Philippine Central Banker Quarantines as Duterte Tests for Virus
- Philippine peso, stocks fall as key government offices shut
- President doesn’t have symptoms, but will take test: spokesman
Rodrigo Duterte
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be tested for coronavirus and key economic officials -- including the central bank governor and finance minister -- are going into quarantine as infections rise. The peso and stocks fell.
The central bank, finance department, Senate and Asian Development Bank will close from Thursday for disinfecting, they said in separate statements. The Department of Health said Wednesday a second person had died, out of 52 confirmed cases of the virus in the Philippines.