DAVAO CITY — There is no truth to reports circulating that President Rodrigo Duterte has left the country over the weekend.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in a statement said Duterte remains to be in the country to oversee government’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response efforts.
In a statement, Roque emphasized, “There is no truth that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte left the country this weekend”.
Roque provided no further details about the reports but assured that the Chief Executive is in the Philippines and “closely monitoring the Covid-19 situation in the country”.
Duterte held his last meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in Davao City on Aug. 10.-Newsline.ph
