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(Eagle News)–Nine Quezon City Jail detainees have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. According to Bureau of Jail Management and Penology spokesperson Major Insp. Xavier Solda, nine BJMP personnel assigned in the same jail also tested positive for COVID-19. He said so far, authorities were conducting their contact tracing. Solda’s announcement came days after 22 detainees asked the Supreme Court to allow them to be temporarily free on bail or on recognizance, citing their […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Las Piñas rose to 92 on Thursday, April 16. The local government said of the 92, 13 were from Talon Dos; twelve from Pamplona Dos; nine from BF International-CAA; six each from Manuyo Dos and Pulanglupa Dos; five each from Pamplona Uno and Pilar; four each from Almanza Dos, Pamplona Tres, Talon Uno, Talon Kuatro, Talon Singko and Zapote; and three each from Almanza Uno and […]
(Eagle News) — The head of the Caloocan health department has tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Oscar Malapitan made the announcement without naming the city’s health chief in a Facebook post on Thursday, April 16. He said the result was based on a test the doctor took on April 9, under the Department of Health’s Memorandum No. 2020-0151. “Base sa nasabing Department Memorandum, lahat ng healthcare workers, kahit walang sintomas, na may posibleng exposure sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Thursday, April 16, reported 82 more coronavirus disease 2019 recoveries, even as it reported an increase to 5660 in the COVID-19 cases in the country. In its 4 p.m. update, the DOH said the 82 additional recoveries brought the total to 435, more than the 362 COVID-19 deaths reported so far. The 362 deaths, the DOH said, includes the 13 recently added deaths. This is the second […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators are calling for the resignation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III as the country continues to fight the coronavirus disease 2019. The call for the resignation was contained in P.S. Resolution No. 362 signed by fourteen senators: Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senators Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay, Pia Cayetano, Grace Poe, Joel Villanueva, Francis Tolentino, Bong Revilla, Imee […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of Health to finalize the guidelines on the use of rapid test kits for the coronavirus disease 2019. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, also the spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, made the announcement on Thursday, April 16, as the government intensifies its efforts to test people in order to isolate and treat them. President Rodrigo Duterte earlier ordered […]
79 deaths, 72 recoveries recorded (Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Quezon City has reached 982, after the government reported over 40 additional cases. Citing Department of Health data, the local government said of the figure, the city’s Epidemiology abd Disease Surveillance Unit has validated 661 cases. The number of deaths in the city is still more than the number of recoveries, 79 vis à vis 72. Barangay Batasan Hills had the […]
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)–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, […]
(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)–The coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Las Piñas have soared to 83. This was after the Las Piñas government recorded five additional COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours. According to the local government, of the 83, 12 were from Talon Dos and Pamplona Dos; seven from BF International Village-CAA; six from Manuyo Dos; five each from Pamplona Uno, Pilar and Pulanglupa Dos; four each from Pamplona Tres, Talon Kuatro, Talon Singko and […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has breached the 5000 mark, after the Department of Health reported 291 new cases on Tuesday, April 14. According to the DOH, of the 5223 COVID-19 cases overall, 295 recovered, counting the additional 53 recoveries. Twenty new deaths have been recorded, bringing that total to 335. Congress has approved P275 billion to fund the government’s COVID-19 response bid. The amount is expected […]
