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Recoveries slightly overtake deaths (Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has reached 5453, with the addition of 230 cases, the Department of Health said on Wednesday, April 15. According to the DOH, the Philippines has registered 53 new recoveries too, bringing the total to 353. Fourteen new deaths have been recorded, for a total of 349. The Philippines has one of the most number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia. […]
Eagle News – More than 108,000 people have violated the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine protocols, according to the Philippine National Police. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who also serves as the spokesperson for the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), said that even President Rodrigo Duterte had noticed that many have been taking the lightly and violating its protocols. “Napapansin po ito ni Pangulong Duterte at siyempre ng mga miyembro ng IATF na […]
(Eagle News)–The government is working on a recovery plan with the expected lifting of the enhanced community quarantine on April 30, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday. According to Nograles, spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the plan includes an economic recovery plan for the country. He said a presentation was already made but “ang caveat, ang colatilla doon was that hindi pa siya kumpleto.” they still […]
(Eagle News)–Five more police personnel have contracted the coronavirus disease 2019, bringing the total to 55, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, of the five new cases, two were policemen from Laguna, while the other three were personnel from Muntinlupa, Taguig and Bulacan. The PNP said there are now 105 police personnel considered as probable cases, while a total of 456 are suspected cases. So far, eight have recovered from the disease, […]
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA à Quito Agence France Presse GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) — Ecuador’s economic capital Guayaquil is reeling from the most aggressive outbreak of COVID-19 in Latin America after the pandemic hit the city “like a bomb,” its mayor said. Cynthia Viteri has emerged from her own bout with the virus to battle the worst crisis the port city of nearly 3 million people has known in modern times. “There is no space […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Navotas has reached 17. This was after the Navotas government reported two additional COVID-19 cases on Tuesday night. One of the two new cases is a frontliner from Barangay NBBS Dagat-dagatan who works in a Manila hospital. Mayor Toby Tiangco said the patient was already residing, however, in a Manila apartment even before the enhanced community quarantine was declared in Luzon. “Dahil sa kanyang trabaho, naexpose […]
(Eagle News)–A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Batanes on Wednesday, April 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 10:01 a.m., struck 66 kilometers southeast of Sabtang. The depth of the quake was measured at 8 kilometers. The following intensities were reported: Intensity III – Basco, Ivana, Mahatao, Uyugan and Basco, Batanes; Calayan, Cagayan Intensity II – Itbayat, Batanes No damage to property was recorded but aftershocks were expected. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — Actress Sylvia Sanchez thanked all the health care workers who helped save her life and that of her husband, Art Atayde. Both have now tested negative for COVID-19. The Philippine actress said the health care workers who took care of them, and those who saved hundreds of lives, continue to make sacrifices, risking their own lives to save COVID-19 patients. “Tunay na kahanga-hanga po kayo (You are indeed admirable),” she said in […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court en banc will meet on Friday, April 17, via video teleconferencing. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said Atty. Ed Aricheta, the clerk of court En Banc, made the confirmation. Hosaka said he was not privy about the agenda for the meeting, but a petition was recently lodged by several detainees before the High Court, and another seeking to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to disclose his medical records. The 22 detainees in […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, April 15, reminded local government units to ensure non-essential establishments remain closed amid the enhanced community quarantine. Año issued the statement after receiving reports some establishments that were not exempted from operating under the guidelines issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases have resumed operations. According to Memorandum Circular 2020-062, LGUs should ensure only those providing or manufacturing […]
by Beiyi SEOW Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s economy contracted for the first time in around three decades in the first quarter as the coronavirus crisis brought the country to a standstill, according to an AFP poll of economists. The world’s second-largest economy tanked in the first three months of the year as factories closed, consumers were compelled to stay home and the virus spread to other countries. Analysts from 14 […]
by Sunghee Hwang Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fevers, and special polling times for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls Wednesday with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat. South Korea is among the first countries with a major virus outbreak to hold a national election since the global pandemic began, and a raft of safety measures were in place […]
