Better wear one than be sorry. Announcement in Manila by Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III confirming an nCoV (novel coronavirus) case in the country on Thursday (30 January 2020) prompted students to wear protective face masks while inside their campus at Araullo High School in Manila.

Panic buying of face masks also occurred in some areas of the capital city where most of persons under investigation of the deadly virus are confined or under strict monitoring by health authorities. (BENJAMIN CUARESMA/IAMIGO/CPH)