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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 360,000 mark on Tuesday, Oct. 20, after the Department of Health reported 1640 new cases. The DOH said of the 360,775 total cases, 43443 were active. Of these, 83 percent were mild, 11.6 percent asymptomatic, 2 percent severe, and 3.4 percent critical. Of the 1,640 reported cases today, 1,487 or 91 percent occurred within the recent 14 days (October 7 – October 20, 2020). The […]
Infomercials on safety protocols featuring President also effective, Galvez says (Eagle News)–The decrease in the daily number of COVID-19 cases among Filipinos can be attributed to the change in their behavior and the advertisements promoting health protocols featuring President Rodrigo Duterte. In making the observation during a late-night meeting with the President on Wednesday, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. noted the experience of Cebu, which President Duterte had criticized publicly as being “hard-headed” in June following […]
