The supposedly Chinese man who collapsed on a sidewalk in Manila Saturday afternoon turned out to be a Korean who just had too much alcohol.
Photo from Facebook/Minco Fabregas
The Manila Police District Station 5 disproved earlier reports that a “foreign-looking” man collapsed in Manila on Saturday because he might have been infected by the novel coronavirus.
According to a report by the station, the person shown in the photos and videos circulating online is actually a drunk 27-year-old Korean residing in Parañaque.
FAKE NEWS ALERT: There is no truth to the rumor that a Chinese national fell along Remedios Street due to suspicions that he allegedly had novel coronavirus, according to a report by the Ermita Police Station.— Manila Public Information Office (@ManilaPIO) February 2, 2020
(Photo forwarded by a netizen to Manila PIO)#AlertoManileno pic.twitter.com/hFXqRZeCqx
Lt. Col. Ariel Caramoan, Station 5 chief, said the Korean went to the station and informed them that he was “surprised” with the online posts showing he may have been infected by the virus.
Photo from Facebook/Minco Fabregas
“(He) disclosed that in the uploaded video, he was asleep due to drunkenness,” the station report said.
On Saturday, a Facebook user uploaded a video showing the man lying on the sidewalk on Taft Avenue at the corner of Remedios Street in Ermita.
Photo from Facebook/Minco Fabregas
According to the user, the man who looked Chinese was having seizures before he finally got up and staggered away more than an hour later.
According to Minco Fabregas, the 'drunk Korean man' was found in Ermite, Manila on February 2, 2020.
"Drunk Korean dude passes out in the street. Cops, ambulances and hospitals won't touch him and set up yellow tape to cordon him off. Eventually he gets up and staggers home only to see himself on the news. Surprised he visits the police to clear things up. They take a picture 😆", said Fabregas.
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