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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will meet with Cabinet members today, Aug. 2, to discuss the call for a “time-out” made by several medical societies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement in a Tweet. The meeting takes place a day after Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea met with members of the Cabinet and of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to discuss the call contained […]
(Eagle News)–The Caloocan City Medical Center (South) will be temporarily closed starting today, July 17, after several of its medical frontliners tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Oscar Malapitan did not say how many were infected but said they were nurses and medical technologists who have already been quarantined. He said the temporary closure of the hospital, which includes the emergency room, will last until July 23, and will give way to a decontamination of the […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Metro Rail Transit-3 has reached 202. An update from the Department of Transportation said of the 202, 181 were depot personnel, 15 ticket sellers, three train drivers, two control center personnel, and one a nurse. Of the ticket sellers, the DOTr said eight were assigned at the North Avenue Station, three at the Araneta Center-Cubao Station, two at the GMA-Kamuning Station and one […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Philippine National Police has risen to 754. Based on PNP data as of July 1, 6 p.m., nine have died due to COVID-19. Over 300–or 357–have recovered. More than 1000–or 1162–were suspected cases, while 677 cases are probable cases. PNP Chief Archie Gamboa earlier condoled with the kin of at least three policemen from Cebu City who died due to the virus. The Palace has […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Imee Marcos has filed a bill that aims to make the work-from-home arrangement mandatory. In pushing for Senate Bill No. 1448 that aims to amend Republic Act No. 11165, or the “Telecommuting Act,” Marcos noted the over 30,000 COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country. As of Sunday afternoon, there are 35455 COVID-19 cases. The World Health Organization has said the Philippines has the fastest rise in cases in the Western Pacific. “Clearly, a […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has reached 35455. The Department of Health said of the 653 cases reported today, 485 were fresh cases, or cases where test results were released to the patient three days ago. The remaining, or 168, are late cases or cases where test results were released to the patient four days ago or more. According to the DOH, of the 485 fresh cases, 245 were […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases among frontliners in Kanlungang Palma and the University of the Philippines Health Service rose to 16 as of Friday, June 26. This was two more cases since UP Diliman reported seven cases in those facilities on Thursday, June 25. On Tuesday, June 23, UPD confirmed its first seven cases in the same facilities. According to UPD Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo, the recent cases included health, security and laboratory […]
(Eagle News)–Valenzuela courts will be physically closed starting today, June 25, as judges and court personnel go on quarantine. A memo from Executive Judge Maria Nena Santos said the decision to temporarily close Bulwagang Pangkatarungan was upon advice by the Supreme Court’s Assistant Court Administrator Lilian Barribal-Co, after one person came into contact with a COVID-19-positive patient. “If the result of the swab test of the person who had contact with a COVID-positive will turn […]
Judges, court personnel to undergo 14-day quarantine (Eagle News)–All Makati courts will be physically closed from June 25 to July 8. A memorandum from Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Elmo Alameda and Metropolitan Trial Court Jackie Crisologo Saguisag said the Offices of the Clerk of Courts will also be closed during the period when all judges and personnel will be in quarantine. The memo said this was approved by the Supreme Court’s Office of the […]
(Eagle News)–Another Cebu-based policeman has died due to COVID-19, the Philippine National Police said on Wednesday, June 24. According to the PNP, the 45-year-old whose assignment was the Police Regional Office 7 is the fourth consecutive case of recent PNP fatalities from the Central Visayas region. The policeman’s death brings the total number of deaths in the PNP to nine. Over 500, or 518 COVID-19 cases, have been confirmed in the PNP, while 313 PNP […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is sending Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to Cebu so he can assess the government’s response to COVID-19 there. The President made the announcement as he noted what he said were the Cebuanos’ slow response to the pandemic during the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases meeting on Monday night. “Bakit marami? Because you were too confident and too complacent about it.Binalewala ninyo,” the President said, referring to […]
(Eagle News)–The number of COVID-19 cases in Bureau of Corrections-managed jail facilities has reached 301, with no new cases so far reported. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the figure was as of June 15, based on reports from BuCor. The New Bilibid Prison accounts for the most number of confirmed cases, with 141 persons deprived of liberty infected and 38 BuCor staff. Perete said in the Correctional Institute for Women, 82 PDLs and seven personnel […]
