Covid-19: Well-wishers not allowed to touch Duterte

n this March 9, 2020, photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) talks beside Health Secretary Francisco Duque II during a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines. - AP

MANILA (AFP): Well-wishers will not be allowed to touch Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte under new measures announced on Monday (March 9) by his security detail as the deadly coronavirus spreads in the country.

At 74, Duterte is in a vulnerable age group for the virus, which has proven particularly harmful in older people with pre-existing health conditions.