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(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 […]
(Eagle News) – Violators of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will no longer be warned, but will be arrested and filed with appropriate charges, the Philippine National Police warned. In a statement released following a virtual presser held Tuesday, April 21, PNP Chief Archie Gamboa said that the PNP will strictly enforce the ECQ throughout Luzon, particularly in Metro Manila, Region III and CALABARZON, as well as in areas with high or increasing COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the doubling time of the coronavirus cases, meaning the time it takes for the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to double, has further slowed down. From three days, the doubling time has now slowed down to five days on the average, according to experts. This is one of two “good news” that the DOH announced on Tuesday, April 21, more than a month after the […]
(Eagle News) – There are now more than 3,000 quarantine facilities that have been set up in the country, as the government further ramped up efforts to increase isolation centers for mild and suspect cases of COVID-19. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that at least 3.052 quarantine facilities with 211,474 beds have been established nationwide as of April 18. “This does not include the mega quarantine facilities or We Heal as One Centers such […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Tuesday, April 21, reported 140 additional COVID-19 cases in the country, with recoveries still keeping their lead over deaths. According to the DOH, with the additional 140, the total number of COVID-19 cases rises to 6599. The DOH also reported 41 new recoveries, bringing that total to 654, while nine additional deaths were recorded. With the new deaths, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the country reaches […]
(Eagle News) — Majority of education stakeholders are in favor of an opening of classes in August. This is according to Education Secretary Leonor Briones in a Laging Handa press briefing on Tuesday, April 21. “Tinatanong namin anong sa palagay nila ang tamang panahon na magbukas ng eskuwelahan. Right now ang lumabasa sa ating consultations ay karamihan… para sa August,” she said. She said many respondents of an online survey they conducted also favored that […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is offering a reward to any Filipino who will discover a vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019. “Inanunsyo po ng Pangulo na siya ay magbibigay ng pabuya na hanggang 10 milyong piso sa kahit sinong Pilipino na makakadiskubre ng vaccine laban sa COVID-19,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press briefing on Tuesday, April 21. Earlier, the President said he would lift the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon […]
(Eagle News)–United States President Donald Trump has offered additional aid to the Philippines to help the country fight the coronavirus disease 2019. The US Embassy in Manila said this was offered by the US President in his recent phone call to President Rodrigo Duterte. Senator Bong Go had said the call lasted for 18 minutes. According to the US Embassy, the two leaders “agreed to continue working together as long time allies to defeat the […]
(Eagle News)–All returning Overseas Filipino Workers are now required to undergo rapid testing for the coronavirus disease 2019. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the new directive from the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases covers both sea-based and land-based OFWs. He said the test was apart from the 14-day quarantine they are required to undergo upon arrival in the country. Nograles said sea-based OFWs onboard cruise ships who have been issued […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte wants the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to study further its recommendations and provide more options on a post-April 30 scenario. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that the IATF submitted its recommendations to President Duterte on Monday, April 20, but he advised them that more options should be put in place and he would need more time to study such options. In a virtual presser […]
(Eagle News)–The identification cards issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases are still valid in checkpoints. The Department of Information and Communications Technology said on Tuesday, April 21, that this was “notwithstanding the government’s transition from IATF-IDs to RapidPass” as there was “yet any issuance on the cancellation/revocation of IATF-IDs.” The RapidPass, which only has to be scanned, was earlier launched to decongest checkpoints. The DICT, however, encouraged all […]
(Eagle News) – The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has extended until the end of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) the validity of identification cards issued to professionals. “[T]he Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) informs the public that the validity of the Professional Identification Card (PICs) of all professionals expiring during the period of community quarantine is extended until the lifting of the community quarantine period”, the PRC said in advisory. After the lapse of the extension […]
