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by Jing Xuan TENG Agence France Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) — China came to a standstill on Saturday to mourn patients and medical staff killed by the coronavirus, as the world’s most populous country observed a nationwide three-minute silence. At 10 am (0200 GMT), citizens paused, cars, trains and ships sounded their horns, and air-raid sirens rang out in memory of the more than 3,000 lives claimed by the virus in China. In Wuhan […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Queen Elizabeth II will make a rare special broadcast this weekend to Britain and the Commonwealth on the coronavirus pandemic, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. “The televised address will be broadcast at 8pm (1900 GMT) on Sunday 5th April, 2020. The address was recorded at Windsor Castle,” a statement said. The queen, 93, has made only three other special addresses during national crises in her 68-year reign and comes […]
(Eagle News)–Majority of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet members will donate 75 percent of their salary to help fund the government coronavirus disease 2019 response. “Nais din nating ipagbigay-alam na ang karamihan, majority, ng mga miyembro ng gabinete ni Pangulong Duterte ay boluntaryong ibibigay ang malaking bahagi… 75% ng kanilang buwanang sahod upang ilaan sa mga programa ng gobyerno upang sugpuin ang COVID-19 sa loob ng panahong pinapatupad ang Bayanihan Law,” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said […]
by Alice RITCHIE / Phil HAZLEWOOD Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Friday opened a new 4,000-bed temporary hospital to treat the most seriously ill coronavirus patients, as day-on-day deaths surged to a new record and royal officials said Queen Elizabeth II would make a rare crisis address to the nation. Heir to the throne Prince Charles opened the state-run National Health Service (NHS) Nightingale Hospital, which has been built […]
by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Friday recommended that Americans cover their faces with masks when outdoors, a policy U-turn following growing scientific research suggesting their widespread use can stem the spread of the coronavirus. Trump told a White House briefing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was urging people to wear face coverings like scarves or homemade cloth masks, but to […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government on Saturday, April 4, thanked the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Executive Minister for allowing the use of the whole Ciudad de Victoria complex in Bulacan to house coronavirus patients as well as the frontliners, including the health care workers who will be treating them. In a virtual presser, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles thanked INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo Manalo after the Church Of Christ allowed not […]
Diokno tells President to just focus on people’s needs (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has slammed lawyer Chel Diokno, accusing him of black propaganda against the government. In a public address, the President also rebuked Diokno for taking on the case of a man accused of spreading fake news amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. “Itong si Chel Diokno sinabi pa niya, ‘Sige ako mag-depensa sa inyo.’ Alam mo Chel Diokno, kayo ng opposition diyan. Huwag […]
(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 Saturday, April 4: It said if the toll plazas were updated, it would release information on this. The ECQ was imposed on Luzon to contain COVID-19.
(Eagle News)–A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro today. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 4:33 a.m., had its epicenter 38 kilometers southwest of Lubang. Depth of focus was 18 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine Navy to transform the presidential yacht into a hospital for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. “[S]abi ko sa Navy, gawaing ospital agad, pati magtulong sila ng iba,” he said of the BRP Ang Pangulo. According to the President, the inside of the yacht resembles a hotel. “Pero hindi ko sinakyan ‘yan, kailan man ‘yung yate ng presidente, hindi ako bagay diyan, pang-bangka lang ako,” he added.
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte slammed his critics who he said twisted his words on his earlier directive for the police and the military to enforce order amid the chaos on the COVID-19 crisis. He particularly hit those who highlighted his alleged shoot to kill order saying that they had put his words out of context, and cut out the preceding phrase he had announced on national television. “Remember this, abogado ako. I […]
(Eagle News)–The Food and Drug Administration has approved the test kits for the coronavirus disease 2019 developed by the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health and manufactured by Manila HealthTek, Inc. With the approval of the first made PCR based COVID-19 test kit, the number of COVID-19 tests approved by the FDA for commercial use on Friday climbed to 30. “Upon the company’s submission of necessary requirements today, the FDA issued a certification for […]
