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(Eagle News)- Another employee of the House of Representatives’ Printing Service has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a statement issued on Tuesday, March 17, House Secretary General Atty. Luis Montales said that the employee last reported for work on March 5, went on leave on March 6, and was admitted to the hospital on March 7 where he was initially diagnosed with dengue. “The doctors later tested him for COVID-19 on […]
(Eagle News) — The mayor of Baliwag, Bulacan said on Tuesday, March 17, that he tested positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease. “Nais kong personal na ipabatid sa inyo na ang inyong punong bayan ay nag-positibo sa COVID-19 batay sa resulta ng pagsusuring inilabas ng Research Institute for Tropical Medicine ngayong araw,” Mayor Ferdie Estrella said on Facebook. Estrella said he sought medical consultation after feeling weakness in the body and having colds. He said […]
(Eagle News) — Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano has ordered a “lockdown” of Taguig City as a precaution against the 2019 coronavirus disease. In a post on its official Facebook page, Taguig said the “lockdown” was “for the safety of our citizens and stakeholders” and to help contain the spread of the disease. Effective midnight, Taguig said only the delivery of basic goods and supplies will be allowed. “The Local Government assures the people of Taguig […]
(Eagle News) — The whole of Pampanga is now placed under a “state of calamity” to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Disease in the province. The provincial council or Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved Resolution No. 6102 in its session held on Monday, March 16. It was signed by Vice Governor Lilia Pineda declaring “the entire province of Pampanga under a state of calamity in order to address, contain and prevent the spread of coronavirus disease […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has sustained community transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019, a Department of Health official said on Tuesday, March 17. “Yung ibang mga kaso wala na siyang relasyon sa ibang kaso,” Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a television interview. According to Vergeire, many of those with the virus were 29 years old to 59 years, the working age group. Almost 30 to 35 percent, she said, had mild symptoms, and […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines suspended trade on its local stock exchange Tuesday, becoming the first country to close its financial market over coronavirus fears. President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday ordered most of the 55 million people on the main island of Luzon, which includes the capital Manila, to stay at home for the next month after social distancing measures failed to keep people away from one another. Philippine Stock Exchange President Ramon Monzon […]
(Eagle News)–An employee of BDO Unibank Inc. in San Juan City has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, the bank announced on Tuesday, March 17. BDO said the employee underwent self-quarantine last Tuesday, March 10, and was informed of the positive test results on Monday, March 16. The bank said it was in close coordination with the Department of Health, and was tracing the people the patient may have had contact with. “The affected […]
(Eagle News)–Pasig on Tuesday, March 17, allowed tricycles to ply the city to allow for the mobility of health workers. The city also passed an ordinance that bans the hoarding of items amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. In a Tweet, Mayor Vico Sotto said the decision to allow the tricycles was made after “our risk assessment shows that we can’t ban tricycles at this point.” “Health workers need to get to work. Some […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — The Czech premier, whose country depends on nuclear energy and coal, said Monday the European Union should shelve its landmark green law seeking carbon neutrality as it battles the novel coronavirus. “Europe should forget about the Green Deal now and focus on the coronavirus instead,” Prime Minister Andrej Babis told reporters, without explaining how the two are connected. “Europe is now the biggest epicenter of the coronavirus in the world,” the […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Oil rebounded Tuesday as investors bought at bargain levels after prices plunged to four-year lows as governments worldwide ramped up measures to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Analysts said, however, that any recovery in oil prices is likely to be shortlived as travel restrictions and other tough measures rolled out to fight the virus sap demand amid a production glut and price war. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian tested negative for the 2019 coronavirus disease. “After submitting myself to a COVID-19 test last Friday, I’m happy to hear from the pronouncements made by Health Secretary Francisco Duque just this morning that I tested negative for the disease,” Gatchalian said. According to Gatchalian, this was based on tests done on him by the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine. Gatchalian underwent tests after one of the resource persons at a […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Millions of San Francisco area residents on Monday were ordered to stay home to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus as part of a lockdown effort covering a section of California including Silicon Valley. Six counties in the region and the city of Berkeley joined the effort after data showed 258 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with four deaths in the jurisdictions with some seven million people. A “remain-in-place” […]
