Claim: Taking off from erroneous assertions of President Rodrigo Duterte, Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque has claimed that the Philippines was the "first ever" country to declare a lockdown in the region in a bid to control the spread of the coronavirus disease .
Fact-check: VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque repeats false claim that PH was 'first' to impose COVID lockdown in Southeast Asia
Verdict: taking off from erroneous assertions of president rodrigo duterte, palace spokesperson harry roque has claimed that the philippines was the "first ever" country to declare a lockdown in the region in a bid to control the spread of the coronavirus disease .
Organisation: VERA Files
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2020-05-20T16:23:00