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(Eagle News) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the commercial use of 16 rapid antibody test kits, amid efforts to expand testing for COVID-19. In an advisory issued on Saturday, April 18, the FDA said that the approved test kits “have have completed necessary documentary requirements and have undergone review and evaluation”. The FDA explained that the rapid test kits “detect the presence of antibodies in an individual’s blood or serum”, specifically […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) advised local government units (LGUs) not to use misting or spraying on individuals, including the use of disinfection tents, misting chambers or sanitation booths, saying that this can do more harm than good. DILG said that in issuing this directive, it is just following guidelines from the Department of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) which had already advised against such misting […]
(Eagle News) – At least 40 staff members of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) tested positive for COVID-19 forcing the facility to reduce operations to allow disinfection activities, and to investigate and do further tests on other employees. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they are still determining the source of the infection, but that initial information that they have is that those who have been going home from the facility were […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is consulting with former health secretaries of the Department of Health to help him decide whether to extend the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon or to impose a modified community quarantine where only vulnerable sectors or those areas with high COVID-19 cases would remain on lockdown. Some of the health experts invited to give a briefing that started this afternoon, April 20, for the president are former […]
Proposes modified quarantine in some provinces (Eagle News) — Senator Bong Go is in favor of extending the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila. According to Go, a modified community quarantine, on the other hand, could be implemented in some provinces. “Sang-ayon po ako na i-extend ang enhanced community quarantine sa NCR dahil dito po ang tumataas na cases, marami po at kailangang ma-contain ito. Baka hindi po kakayanain ng ating health care system kung […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Consulate in Spain and representatives of the local governments in that country met to agree on the aid that would be made available for Filipinos working in Spain. EBC Barcelona correspondent Lyn Tumbaga-Diez reports that that the following aid are available for overseas Filipinos there. The payment of rents of tenants of public apartment are suspended until August 2020, while those renting private apartments can ask for rent assistance. Electricity, […]
(Eagle News) –The number of COVID-19 recoveries in the country further increased on Monday, April 20, even as the Department of Health reported the number of COVID-19 cases had increased to 6459. According to the DOH, with the 41 new recoveries, the total number of patients who recovered from the virus was now at 613. The DOH reported 19 new deaths, bringing the total to 428. Earlier the Palace said the Philippines had yet to […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Heherson Alvarez has passed away. PDP-Laban Executive Director Ron Munsayac did not say the cause of death but Alvarez was reported to have contracted COVID-19. The Department of Agriculture which Alvarez headed had said Alvarez’s wife had also contracted the virus and were “in critical condition in a hospital in Manila..” “Sen. Sonny, I will miss our impromptu meetings over coffee and lengthy phone calls where we will discuss our plans […]
(Eagle News)–Several health associations backed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III amid the call of 14 senators for him to resign. In a joint statement, the Philippine Medical Association, the Philippine Hospital Association, the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines and the Philippine College of Hospital Administrators said they “put so much faith and give a ten-out-of-ten score in the manner that the Department of Health, led by Secretary Francisco Duque III, is handling the medical […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 Filipinos in Vietnam were repatriated over the weekend amid the COVID-19 crisis, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, of the 143 Filipinos, 71 came from Ho Chi Minh City while the other 72 from Hanoi. The DFA said several of the repatriates were stranded in Vietnam due to flight cancellations while most were adversely affected by the economic difficulties brought about by the pandemic. The DFA said the […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 116 new COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 984 as of Sunday, April 19. In a statement, the DFA also reported 140 deaths and 259 recoveries involving Filipinos across 42 countries and regions worldwide. “With 25 new deaths from the Americas and Europe, this is the highest reported number of deaths in two weeks,” the statement said. The […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Education (DepEd) is conducting an online survey among school personnel, learners, and parents on the opening of classes for school year 2020-2021, in view of the COVID-19 public health crisis. In a statement, the DepEd said that the survey aims to “better inform its policies and decisions on the opening of classes for SY 2020-2021”, in view of the varying degrees of quarantine and social distancing measures imposed nationwide. […]
