BAGUIO CITY — Saying lives and the economy are at stake, tourism industry leaders on Tuesday turned against what they claimed are “sensationalized news reports” about the summer capital’s classification as a “high risk” area for the coronavirus has “misled” travelers into thinking that Baguio is unsafe.
Baguio was ranked high alongside Davao City among nine local governments flagged in the latest OCTA Research as “hot spots” due to high rates of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmissions.
The OCTA report, which is regularly distributed to the media, is generated periodically by an independent research team composed of scholars from the University of the Philippines, the Uni…
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