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by Malou Francisco and Alexandra Megia Eagle News NETHERLANDS (EAGLE NEWS) — On March 15, two o’clock in the afternoon, Central European Time, a total of 1,135 people who tested positive with the COVID-19 virus. In light of this, Dutch government has taken new measures in response to the pressures from the medical specialists and educators. March 16 — all schools and daycare centers in the Netherlands are to be shut down till April 6, […]
by Lyn Tumbaga Diaz and Alexandra Megia Eagle News Service SPAIN (Eagle News) — Spain is officially on lockdown. From March 14 to March 28, this 15-day lockdown is to help curb the spreading of COVID-19. With 7,753 out of Spain’s 46.66 million (.01% +/-) residents are infected with COVID-19, self-quarantine is in affect for all households. Residents are only allowed to leave their households: -To obtain, food, medicine, and basic necessities -To obtain medical […]
(Eagle News) — Education Secretary Leonor Briones has tested negative for the 2019 coronavirus disease. The Department of Education made the announcement in a Facebook post on Tuesday, March 17. The DepEd said Briones underwent testing to ensure “there will be no threat to her functions as Education chief, no disruption in the governance of the education sector, and (to protect) the President and other cabinet members from possible exposure, at this critical time.” Briones […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Tuesday, March 17, announced 45 new coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country, bringing the total to 187. In a statement, the DOH also reported the recovery of another confirmed COVID-19 case. Patient 25, the DOH said, was a 31-year-old Filipino male from Negros Oriental, one of the two Filipino repatriates from the Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess who tested positive for COVID-19. The DOH said the […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine Airlines, AirAsia Philippines, and Cebu Pacific have cancelled domestic and international flights until April in view of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. In an advisory, PAL said that all of its domestic flights will be cancelled starting March 17 until April 12, 2020, while international flights will continue until midnight of March 19, 2020. “We will announce in due course the status of our international flights from March 20 up […]
(Eagle News)- Another employee of the House of Representatives’ Printing Service has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a statement issued on Tuesday, March 17, House Secretary General Atty. Luis Montales said that the employee last reported for work on March 5, went on leave on March 6, and was admitted to the hospital on March 7 where he was initially diagnosed with dengue. “The doctors later tested him for COVID-19 on […]
(Eagle News) — The mayor of Baliwag, Bulacan said on Tuesday, March 17, that he tested positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease. “Nais kong personal na ipabatid sa inyo na ang inyong punong bayan ay nag-positibo sa COVID-19 batay sa resulta ng pagsusuring inilabas ng Research Institute for Tropical Medicine ngayong araw,” Mayor Ferdie Estrella said on Facebook. Estrella said he sought medical consultation after feeling weakness in the body and having colds. He said […]
(Eagle News) — Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano has ordered a “lockdown” of Taguig City as a precaution against the 2019 coronavirus disease. In a post on its official Facebook page, Taguig said the “lockdown” was “for the safety of our citizens and stakeholders” and to help contain the spread of the disease. Effective midnight, Taguig said only the delivery of basic goods and supplies will be allowed. “The Local Government assures the people of Taguig […]
(Eagle News) — The whole of Pampanga is now placed under a “state of calamity” to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Disease in the province. The provincial council or Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved Resolution No. 6102 in its session held on Monday, March 16. It was signed by Vice Governor Lilia Pineda declaring “the entire province of Pampanga under a state of calamity in order to address, contain and prevent the spread of coronavirus disease […]
(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)–An employee of BDO Unibank Inc. in San Juan City has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, the bank announced on Tuesday, March 17. BDO said the employee underwent self-quarantine last Tuesday, March 10, and was informed of the positive test results on Monday, March 16. The bank said it was in close coordination with the Department of Health, and was tracing the people the patient may have had contact with. “The affected […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — The Czech premier, whose country depends on nuclear energy and coal, said Monday the European Union should shelve its landmark green law seeking carbon neutrality as it battles the novel coronavirus. “Europe should forget about the Green Deal now and focus on the coronavirus instead,” Prime Minister Andrej Babis told reporters, without explaining how the two are connected. “Europe is now the biggest epicenter of the coronavirus in the world,” the […]
