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(Eagle News)–The United States has approved an additional P269 million in aid to the Philippines in its fight against COVID-19. In a statement, the US Embassy said with the addition, the total US assistance to the country now amounts to more than P470 million. According to the US embassy, the newest tranche will “support laboratory and specimen-transport systems and intensify case-finding and disease surveillance.” It will also assist Filipino and international technical experts in “risk […]
(Eagle News)–The number of COVID-19 recoveries in the country rose to 693 on Wednesday, April 22, with the Department of Health reporting an increase to 6,710 in COVID-19 infections. The DOH said the figures were after 39 new recoveries and 111 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed. Of the 6710 COVID-19 cases overall, 446 have died, including the nine recent deaths, the DOH said. The Palace has said the country has yet to flatten the COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — Bacoor, Cavite Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla ordered on Wednesday, April 22, a total lockdown of one of its barangays due to the continued rise in COVID-19 cases there. In ordering the total lockdown of Barangay Molino III in Executive Order No. 16, the mayor noted that of the 63 COVID-19 cases then-recorded, 12 of these were from that barangay, with at least three cases of local household transmission, or two or three cases […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas today, April 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 11:06 a.m., had its epicenter three kilometers southwest of Mabini. It had a depth of seven kilometers. The following intensities were reported: Intensity II – Bauan, Batangas Intensity I – Agoncillo, Lemery, and Taal, Batangas No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded. Earlier in the day, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck […]
(Eagle News) — The Quezon City government has opened another COVID-19 testing center as it continues its community-based testing in a bid to isolate and treat COVID-19 patients. The local government said the center at SB Park Novaliches is specifically for residents of District 5. Those from the district who wish to be checked for the virus may coordinate with their barangay health center. The city government in a previous statement said those who would […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine General Hospital is looking to hire more medical workers. The PGH, which is one of several COVID-19 referral centers designated by the Department of Health, made the announcement of its emergency hiring in a Facebook post over the weekend. The PGH said it was looking to hire physicians, nurses, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, radiologic technologists, mechanical equipment technicians, nurse attendants, ambulance drivers and administrative assistants. Each contract, the PGH said, is […]
(Eagle News)–Only two of the 40 employees of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine who were infected with COVID-19 are confined in a hospital. In a television interview on Wednesday, April 22, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the two patients were aged 50 and up. The rest of the 40, she said were only under home quarantine. “Maliban doon (sa dalawa), ang ibang empleyado ay may mga minor (symptoms) at asymptomatic naman sila kaya […]
(Eagle News)–Two Philippine Navy ships that were used in repatriation efforts have departed Oman and are on their way back to the Philippines. The Philippine Navy said on Wednesday, April 21, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS16) and BRP Davao del Sur (LD602), carrying the Naval Task Force 82, left Port Sultan in Qaboos on Tuesday and are expected to arrive by the third week of May. The Navy said the ships will make a brief stop […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 Filipinos repatriated from Côte d’Ivoire and the United States have arrived in the country. The Department of Foreign Affairs said of the 102 Filipinos, five were land-based workers of Toa Corporation from Abidjan and 97 were crew members of MS Norwegian Joy, docked in Los Angeles, California. The repatriation was facilitated by the Philippine Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, and the Philippine Consulate in Los Angeles, together with the DFA-Office of the Undersecretary […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs reported 94 new cases of COVID-19 involving overseas Filipinos, bringing the total number to 1,084 as of Tuesday, April 21, 2020. “[T]oday the DFA reports that the total number of Filipinos abroad infected by COVID-19 has breached the 1,000-mark with 94 new cases from the Americas, Europe, and ASPAC”, the DFA said in a statement. Recoveries were recorded at 269, with 153 deaths across 42 countries and […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will make his decision on the fate of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine on April 23. This is according to Senator Bong Go, who gave a radio interview on Tuesday, April 21. Before he became senator, Go was a close aide of President Duterte. “Ngayon po ay pinag-aaralang mabuti at ngayon Huwebes magdedesisyon ang ating Pangulo,” Go said. Earlier, the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases said […]
(Eagle News) – Local government units were directed by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to focus and intensify contact tracing efforts, in view of the LGU-led strategy adopted by the government to combat COVID-19. In a statement, DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said that the main focus of the local-level contact tracing is to detect, isolate, treat, and reintegrate COVID-19 positive patients, “in accordance with the National Strategy to Defeat Covid-19 of […]
