‘Muñoz is SARS-free’

The Science City of Muñoz in Nueva Ecija is SARS-free.

Muñoz Mayor Nestor Alvarez made this clarification as he described as "unconfirmed and baseless" an earlier STAR report that a pre-school child in the city was suspected of showing SARS-related symptoms.

The report, quoting provincial information officer Bien de Castro, however, said that health authorities have yet to confirm the case.

"The report has been a source/cause of alarm and panic among our constituents and this may prevent visitors to come to the Science City of Muñoz," Alvarez said in a letter.

"Muñoz is SARS-free and in fact, nobody is wearing any kind of mask, surgical or otherwise, in the city," he added.