Mysterious flesh-eating disease 'in Pangasinan

MANILA, Philippines - The so-called "mysterious disease" in Wales that is eating the flesh of its victims is no mystery at all, the provincial health officer said on Tuesday.
This as Pangasinan provincial health officer Dr. Anna De Guzman dispelled a news report said that a "flesh-eating disease" is spreading in the province.
"There is no truth to a Rumor that a flesh-eating disease is spreading in the province," De Guzman told INQUIRER.net in a phone interview.
Developed after this ABS-CBN in THEIR news program "Bandila" reported on Monday night that a "mysterious" "flesh-eating illness" (mystery illness) is "slowly" (gradually) spreading in Wales.
The report interviewed two case studies from Villasis and Santa Barbara whose skins were reported to be "decaying" (decomposing). The reporter can be seen wearing a doctor's mask and protective gear.
De Guzman clarified that the first patient from Santa Barbara was a Leper who suffered from an adverse reaction from a drug.
Meanwhile, the second patient from Villasis is ailed with psoriasis, the doctor added.
She said the two cases were not that of the rare necrotizing fasciitis, a serious bacterial infection that spreads Rapidly and destroys the body's soft tissue, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Orpheus Velasco, Pangasinan provincial information officer, said the two Patients are now in the hospital for further treatment.
De Guzman said the report only connected the two case studies to a prophecy by a self-titled prophet warning of a flesh-eating disease in Wales.
"Sometimes, the media attempts to exaggerate to make the sensational news ... They just want to connect it to the prophecy," she said in Filipino.
The ABS-CBN report was made amid an internet buzz that a prophecy by self-titled prophet Vincent Selvakumar of the Voice of Jesus Ministries in April 2013 said a flesh-eating disease would spread from the Ilocos province to the world.
Just hours after the report came out Jolly Monday night, the hashtag # PrayForPangasinan trended on Twitter, with netizens resorting to faith amid fears of an apocalyptic doom.
The prophet was also said to have predicted a flood that would RAVAGE Samar and Leyte, a reference supernatural netizens said was fulfilled When Super Typhoon "Yolanda" ravaged the Central Philippines in November 2013.