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(Eagle News)–Fifteen personnel of the Metro Rail Transit-3 maintenance provider have tested positive for COVID-19. The MRT-3 said based on provider Sumitomo-MHI-TESPI’s report, of the 15, one was found positive for the virus three days after undergoing a Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction test on June 11. The depot personnel’s last day to report at the depot was on June 8. The MRT-3 said on June 14, 32 depot personnel were identified as having made […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto on Wednesday, June 3, urged Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to grant compensation to health workers infected by the COVID-19 virus and to the families of those who died as stipulated in the Bayanihan To Heal As One Act. In asking Duque to implement section 4, paragraph I of Republic Act 11469 in a letter, Sotto noted “no health worker and his or her family has received their supposed remuneration […]
(Eagle News)–Navotas has confirmed its first coronavirus disease 2019 case, also its first death from the disease. Over 100, or 125, are patients under monitoring, while 21 are patients under investigation. According to the city government, four patients under probe also died, of which one turned out negative for the virus and three were awaiting results. The Philippines has so far breached the 1000 mark in COVID-19 cases.
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government has reminded local government units that the gatepasses issued to each household so they could buy their basic needs are free of charge. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año issued the reminder amid reports some barangays were charging their constituents for the same. In an advisory, Año also reminded LGUs that frontliners, upon presentation of their identification card that shows their places of residence, shall not be required […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to make new announcements on the 2019 coronavirus disease, Senator Bong Go said on Monday, March 16. Go did not give a specific time but said the President would make the address after his meeting with officials of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), military and police. “Maraming mga bagong pronouncement ang ating Pangulo. Abangan n’yo po,” Go said. Metro Manila is on […]
OFWs on first-time deployment to mainland China, students, dependents of OFWs and tourists still banned (Eagle News)–Overseas Filipino Workers are now allowed to return to China, except to the province of Hubei, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA,Filipino government officials who are on official travel to China are also now allowed to travel there. OFWs who seek first-time deployment to mainland China, students, dependents of OFWs and tourists are not included […]
(Eagle News)–Several local government units have announced curfews in their respective areas as a precaution against the 2019 coronavirus disease. The following cities said the curfew would be from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.: -Caloocan -Cebu City – Las Piñas – Makati -Pasig -Manila -Muntinlupa -Navotas -Pasay -Parañaque -Pasig -Quezon City -San Juan City -Taguig Earlier, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Metro Manila would have a curfew. The Department of the Interior and Local […]
Total number of COVID-19 cases in PHL at 33, not 35, the DOH says (Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Tuesday, March 10, apologized for the inaccurate number of new confirmed novel coronavirus cases it initially reported, saying the correct figure was 9, not 11. Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the 11 new cases the DOH initially reported was the figure given by the World Health Organization. Upon verification though, Vergeire […]
