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(Eagle News) — Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday, March 9, confirmed Pasig’s two novel coronavirus cases. In a Facebook post, Sotto said of the two, one was not a resident but was confined in The Medical City, while the other was a resident currently confined in a private hospital outside Pasig. It was unclear if the two cases were among the four additional cases confirmed by the Department of Health on Sunday night. Sotto said […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Security Group will implement a “no-touch policy” on President Rodrigo Duterte as a safeguard against the novel coronavirus. Col. Jesus Durante III, PSG commander, added in a statement personalities expected to get near the President “especially during meetings and events will be thoroughly screened and tested for any illness related” to COVID-19. “These include PSG personnel, politicians, and dignitaries,” he said. He said large crowd gatherings with the President as guest of […]
(Eagle News)–Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro on Monday, March 9, confirmed the city’s first novel coronavirus case. In a message to reporters, the local government unit said the case was an 86-year-old resident who recently traveled to South Korea. The patient was among four additional COVID-19 cases in the country announced by the Department of Health on Sunday night. “The mayor has ordered a massive disinfection in the city,” the LGU said, adding that Teodoro would […]
(Eagle News)–Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, March 9, confirmed a case of the novel coronavirus in the city. The mayor said the victim was a resident of district one and is isolated in a hospital. The Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council refused to give additional details while authorities trace the patient’s contacts. The patient was one of additional cases announced by the DOH on Sunday, March 8. The DOH has […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has already signed the proclamation declaring the state of public health emergency in the country after the Department of Health confirmed four new coronavirus cases, raising the confirmed infections to 10. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, on Monday, March 9, 2020, read Proclamation No. 922 declaring a “state of public health emergency throughout the Philippines”. In a Malacanang press briefing, Panelo said that the order was signed by the […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Consulate in Hong Kong on Sunday, March 8, confirmed that a fourth Filipino in Hong Kong tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said the Filipino is in a Hong Kong quarantine facility for treatment despite being asymptomatic. Earlier, the Department of Foreign Affairs said three Filipinos in Hong Kong were confirmed to have COVID-19. Two of them have recovered while the third was asymptomatic and healthy.
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health announced on Sunday, March 8, four new confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the country, bringing the total to ten. In a statement, the DOH said the seventh case was a 38-year-old Taiwanese male, the eighth a 32-year-old Filipino male with history of travel to Japan within the last 14 days, the 9th an 86-year-old American male with pre-existing hypertension and history of travel to USA and South Korea, and the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte can only declare a public health emergency if the novel coronavirus is a threat to national security. This is according to Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon who gave a radio interview a day after the President approved the Department of Health recommendation following the confirmation of the country’s first local transmission of the virus. According to Drilon, the declaration “will facilitate mobilization of resources and ease processes, including procurement of critical […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — More than 15 million people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy early Sunday as the government approved drastic measures in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus that is sweeping the globe. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Twitter he had signed off on plans to strictly limit movement in and out of large areas including Venice and the financial capital Milan for nearly a month. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to issue a declaration of a State of Public Health Emergency following the recommendation of the Department of Health due to the confirmed cases of local transmission of the novel 2019 coronavirus disease on Saturday, March 7. This was according to Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, the President’s former aide. “Pursuant to the recommendation of the DOH and my suggestion as Chair of the Senate Committee on […]
(Eagle News)–Classes on Monday, March 9, were suspended in at least one area as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. Below is a list: Navotas City: all levels, public and private Cainta, Rizal: all levels, public and private, until Tuesday (March 10) Taytay, Rizal: all levels, public and private Marikina: all levels, public and private San Juan City: all levels, public and private The Department of Health on Saturday confirmed a new COVID-19 case, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Saturday, March 7, confirmed the sixth case of the novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country — the wife of the fifth COVID-19 case who has no previous travel history outside the country — and confirmed that there is now a local transmission of the disease. In a press briefing, the sixth case was identified as the 59-year old wife of the 62-year old Filipino […]
