After the first case of Novel Coronavirus was confirmed last Wednesday, netizens reacted and used different social media platforms to show their dismay for the Duterte administration’s actions to stem the spread of the disease.
Comedienne Ethel Booba had a hilarious take on the government’s inaction.
“Dahil kailangan present kayong lahat pagdating ng Ncov sa bansa. Charot!”
Dahil kailangan present kayong lahat pagdating ng Ncov sa bansa. Charot! https://t.co/gLyTa1nEa0
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) January 31, 2020
People expressed their dismay over the government’s incompetence and its need to prioritize other things rather than the Coronavirus outbreak.
A netizen tagged Ethel and joked that it might have been her who wrote the statement of condolences on the recent death of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant.
https://twitter.com/kenzoluisdt/status/1222063505425068032?s=20
Ethel replied by saying that she would not have made a grammatical error like the one in the statement.
Hoy hindi ako yan. Alam ko naman na dapat "his" kapag lalaki ang tinutukoy at hindi "her". Charot! https://t.co/Dsy5z5eyMy
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) January 28, 2020
Some netizens criticized the administration’s message on Kobe Bryant’s death.
E yung "accuracy in sinking that ball in the ring?" Aykenaaat! 😂😂😂
— Chimbing ☮ (@ChimbingJoy) January 29, 2020
As of this writing, authorities are tracking 31 people who have recently traveled to China and had symptoms related to the new coronavirus, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday.
The list includes a 38-year-old woman from Wuhan, China who previously tested positive for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) becoming the Philippines ‘ first confirmed case.
