Release of airline passenger manifest allowed due to 2019-nCoV issue: NPC

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MANILA - The release of passenger manifests by airlines to government agencies is allowed because of the circumstances the Philippines and the rest of the world are undergoing to the novel coronavirus

outbreak, according to the head of the National Privacy Commission .

"Nothing should prevent companies from releasing relevant data to competent and mandated authorities like the Department of Health," he said. On Tuesday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said only a fifth of 300 co-passengers of the Philippines' confirmed coronavirus cases have been contacted, and accused airlines of failure to provide contact information.

 

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