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(AFP) — Europeans clap and cheer from their balconies and windows to show their support for medical staff on the frontlines as the continent battles the spiralling coronavirus crisis. More deaths have now been recorded in Europe, the new virus epicenter, than in Asia since the outbreak first emerged in China in December.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has called for a special session of Congress for the passage of a supplemental budget against the coronavirus disease 2019. Senator Bong Go said he and other lawmakers made the recommendation for the special session “to tackle and pass appropriate measures granting a supplemental budget in order to give the President and other concerned agencies the flexibility of utilizing funds as they deem necessary to combat the spread of the coronavirus […]
Prince Albert II of Monaco has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the principality said in a statement Thursday, adding there were “no concerns for his health.” The titular head of the Mediterranean enclave is continuing to work from his private apartments at the royal palace, the statement said. The announcement came three days after Monaco’s prime minister, Serge Telle, announced that he too had caught COVID-19. Monaco has said all public spaces will […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned all local government units to follow all directives from the national government regarding the coronavirus disease, and not do extreme actions that are beyond what Malacanang had ordered. Duterte said this after the Palace learned of actions by some local government units which have barred essential cargoes from passing through their areas. The President also warned the LGUs not to make the quarantine more difficult for the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c2lSWwfoUo (Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the entry of test kits from abroad, including those to be imported from China and South Korea, saying these had passed their requirements. “As the Philippine Government continues to exhaust all efforts to respond to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – Philippines hereby provides an initial list of approved COVID-19 Test Kits for commercial use,” the FDA […]
Ni Vilmar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Nagbahay-bahay ang mga tauhan ng mayor’s action team sa Barangay South Signal sa Taguig City para mamahagi ng anti-COVID kit sa mga residente. Laman nito ang sabon, face mask at pang isang buwang supply ng Vitamin C. Prayoridad ng lokal na pamahalaan na mabigyan ang 68,000 senior citizens sa lungsod at 60,000 residente na may malubhang sakit “Nakapaloob rin po doon ang mga kailangan nating sundin […]
(Eagle News) — Inilibing agad ang COVID-19 positive na pasyente sa Marawi City na pumanaw noong Martes, Marso 17. Ang nasabing pasyente ay isang 58-anyos na lalaki na na-admit sa Amai Pakpak Medical Center sa Marawi City noong Marso 10. Ang dahilan ng kaniyang kamatayan ay Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome secondary to COVID-19. Tanging mga health workers lamang na nakasuot ng protective suits and gear ang sumaksi sa paglilibing sa pasyente sa Maqbarah Provincial Public […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 15 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the country’s total to 217. The new cases are identified on as Patients No. 203 to 217 (PH203 to PH217) by the DOH which gave no additional details about the patients. In a bulletin issued at 12 noon today, Thursday, March 19, the DOH also announced the recovery of Patient 20 (PH20), a 48 year old Filipino male from Cavite. PH20, […]
(Eagle News) – A Filipino passenger of Hawaiian airlines who was among those recently advised to go on quarantine after a flight from Honolulu to American Samoa shared with EBC Hawaii Bureau’s Arianne Torres their experience during the quarantine period. The passenger who asked for her name to be withheld, said that many of them from the flight from Honolulu to Pago-Pago, the capital of the American Samoa, were advised to go on self-quarantine. Some […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation on Thursday, March 19, launched its COVID-19 hotlines amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. The DOTr said these hotlines are for road concerns by health workers, and aviation and maritime concerns: The DOTr reminded people who are not employed in establishments deemed essential by the government during an enhanced community quarantine to stay at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “Payo po namin na ugaliin po nating lahat na […]
Washington, D.C. (Eagle News) — With the Coronavirus (COVID-19) being declared a pandemic, most of the world is on lockdown, in order to “flatten the curve” and slow the virus from spreading. Disrupting everyday life as we know it to be. Schools and business (non-essential) are shut down for an extended period of time. Businesses take a big hit without real cash flow and smaller businesses, take an even bigger hit. That doesn’t stop small […]
(Eagle News) — Valenzuela City has confirmed its first case of the 2019 coronavirus disease. In a Tweet on its official Twitter account, the Valenzuela government said the case was a 34-year-old female who consulted a private hospital in Manila after experiencing sore throat and fever. The local government said the patient had no travel history but had been exposed to someone who traveled to Malaysia. At present, Valenzuela said the patient was having “mild-flu […]
