Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte takes three days off this week to "work remotely", causing many people to be concerned about his health.

Salvador Panelo, a spokesman for Duterte, said on November 11 that the President of the Philippines would not go to Malacanang Palace three days this week but to work at home in the southern city of Davao. Panelo later explained that the decision was made because the President "wants to experience less distractions and that he needs a break, too."

"If he works in Malacanang (Presidential Palace) there will be a lot of people who want to talk to him," Panelo told the BBC today.

Rumors about President Duterte's health have been on the rise since his inauguration in 2016. cancer. However, the final examination shows that it is a benign tumor.

During a visit to Russia in early October, the Philippine president also revealed he had myasthenia gravis, which caused his eyelids to collapse. A few weeks later, Duterte fell over his motorbike and injured in an accident that left him "unbearably sore near the pelvis". The Philippine president had to use a cane to attend the coronation of Emperor Naruhito and gave up the banquet on October 22 because of an injury.

Panelo spokesman later confirmed that Duterte had recovered, adding that the president looked "very normal, fast walking and extremely active". Senator Christopher Go, the official close to Duterte, also posted a picture of him riding a large motorbike around Malacanang Palace a week after the accident.

The Philippines constitution requires the public to be informed of the president's health in case he is "seriously ill". If a president cannot run the country because of illness, power will be transferred to his deputy. This means that if Duterte does not have enough health to assume the responsibility, his opponent, Vice President Leni Robredo, will come to power.