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President Duterte to donate one month’s worth of salary for COVID-19 response

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has committed to donate one month’s worth of his salary to help fund the country’s response to the coronavirus disease 2019 emergency. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in a statement on Sunday, April 5. According to Panelo,Assistant Secretaries of the Offices of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson have also committed to donate at least 10% of their income directly to the Office of Civil Defense […]

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After the virus: What world will we live in?

by Didier LAURAS Agence France Presse One day, the battle against the novel coronavirus will be won. But the world that emerges may look very different from the one we lived in before the pandemic began. Over 60,000 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 and there are a more than a million confirmed cases with the outbreak yet to reach its peak across the developed and emerging world. But on top of the tragic […]

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Ecuador VP apologizes after virus corpses left on streets

  QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Ecuador’s vice president Otto Sonnenholzner has apologized after scores of bodies were left on the streets of Guayaquil as the coronavirus ravages the horror-struck port city. Residents had published videos on social media showing abandoned bodies in the streets in the Latin American city worst hit by the pandemic. Authorities collected at least 150 corpses from streets and homes earlier this week, but did not confirm how many of the […]

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Manila’s top officials donate P4.7M worth of salaries to PGH

(Eagle News) – Manila’s top officials will donate their entire salaries for the month of April to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), one of the country’s COVID-19 referral hospitals. In a statement posted at the Facebook Page of the Manila Public Information Office, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso said that about P4.7 million worth of their salaries combined will be turned over to the PGH. Aside from him,  those who agreed to donate their salaries […]

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Chinese medical experts arrive in PHL to help Filipinos fight COVID-19 pandemic

(Eagle News) – The 12 medical experts from China, who are expected to provide valuable advice to the government in its efforts to curb the spread of of COVID-19, have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) The medical experts including two Chinese officials were welcomed by DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin and PCOO secretary Martin Andanar. In a Twitter post, the DFA said the experts will share technical advice on the prevention and control […]

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PHL confirms 3246 COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has reached 3246. This was after the Department of Health recorded 152 other cases as of Sunday, April 5. There are 152 deaths so far, with eight new deaths, and 64 recoveries, with seven new others. President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed an enhanced community quarantine on Luzon to ensure the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 3,246 with eight new virus-related deaths

  (Eagle News) — The total coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 3,246 with the addition of 152 new confirmed cases, according to the Department of Health on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Aside from the added cases, the DOH also reported eight new COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total to 152. “DOH also reports 7 additional recoveries which brings the total number of recoveries to 64,” the department said in a statement posted on […]

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Ospital ng Sampaloc temporarily closed after 5 staffers test positive for COVID-19

(Eagle News) – Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has ordered the temporary closure of Ospital ng Sampaloc after five employees of the hospital tested positive for coronavirus. “As of today, may lima po tayong hospital staff na positibo sa COVID-19 sa Sampaloc.  Labing-apat na doktor, naka-quarantine.  Walong nurse, naka-quarantine.  Pitong admin staff, naka-quarantine“, the Manila mayor said in an online statement. He said that the temporary closure will give the affected doctors and hospital […]

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Coronavirus pandemic ‘amplifying’ poverty in UK

  by Jean-Baptiste OUBRIER Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain, where levels are already high after a decade of austerity triggered by the global financial crisis, according to experts. Official data shows that more than 14 million people in the UK are classed as living in poverty, or nearly one-quarter of the population. Some 4.2 million children are poor, or around 30 percent of the […]

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INC donates PhP 13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies to help QC hospitals, frontliners

(Eagle News) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) once again extended help to the Quezon City government by donating PhP 13.2 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPEs), vitamins, disinfectant, and other hospital needs for the city’s frontliners. In a statement, INC General Auditor Glicerio B. Santos Jr., said that the donation was made upon the directive of INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo to support health care workers and frontliners in […]

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NLEx Corp. releases list of toll plazas on NLEx, SCTEx

(Eagle News)–The Northern Luzon Expressway Corp. has released its list of toll plazas on NLEx and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway amid the enhanced community quarantine. NLEx Corp. said the list was as of Sunday, April 5: The ECQ in Luzon was imposed to arrest the spread of COVID-19. It is expected to end mid-April.

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QC has 500 confirmed COVID-19 cases — DOH

(Eagle News)–Quezon City has recorded 500 coronavirus disease 2019 cases. The local government said based on Department of Health data, of the 500, 336 have been validated by the city’s epidemiology unit and district health offices. Fourteen have so far recovered and 34 have died. There are 93 patients under investigation and 420 patients under monitoring. The Philippines has so far recorded over 3000 COVID-19 cases.

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