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(Eagle News) –Total COVID-19 cases in the country reached 67,456 on Sunday, July 19 after 2,241 new cases were reported, mostly coming from Metro Manila, the Department of Health said. Metro Manila accounted for 1,625 of the new cases reported on Sunday. This was followed by Laguna with 115 new cases, Cavite with 76 new cases, Rizal with 75 new cases, and Cebu with 55 new cases. Active cases reached 43,160 as of Sunday, […]
(Eagle News)–New Bilibid Prison inmate Jaybee Sebastian has died reportedly due to complications from COVID-19. The body of Sebastian, who had accused Senator Leila de Lima of being a protector of illegal drugs, was immediately cremated. De Lima faces charges in connection with her alleged involvement in the Bilibid drug trade when she was justice secretary. She has denied the allegations made by Sebastian, who she said was only pressured by authorities. The Department of […]
(Eagle News)–Over 69,000 contact tracers have been deployed nationwide as part of the government’s efforts against COVID-19. According to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, the 69,098 contact tracers are in charge of tracking down and managing the close contacts of COVID-19 cases and offer diagnostic, counseling and treatment to confirmed cases. Año said the contact tracers have been assigned to 5,215 contact tracing teams. “Our local contact tracing teams nationwide are working double-time to interrupt the […]
(Eagle News)–The chair of the Department of Public Works and Highways Build, Build, Build committee tested positive for COVID-19. Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo made the announcement on a Facebook post on Saturday, July 18. “I regret to announce that today, July 18, I received my test result (swabbed July 16) and it is positive for COVID-19,” she said. Lamentillo’s announcement came days after Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said he tested positive for the virus. […]
Senator, his wife, 2 members of household staff test negative for virus (Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon and his wife have gone on quarantine after ten of the senator’s immediate staff tested positive for COVID-19. Gordon said the “self-imposed isolation” at home was really to “ensure the safety and well-being of anyone with whom we will interact in the future” as he and his wife Kate, including two of their household staff, actually tested negative for […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases continued to surge in Metro Manila with more than 1,800 new cases reported on Saturday, July 18, as the number of active cases nationwide reached 41,464 and total cumulative cases hit 65,304, mostly mild cases. Latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) also showed asymptomatic cases were increasing at 9.1 percent as of Saturday, July 18, from the 7.1 percent six days ago (July 12), as mild cases went […]
(Eagle News) — The number of overseas Filipinos repatriated by the Department of Foreign Affairs since the COVID-19 outbreak has reached 90,047. In a statement, the DFA said that this week alone, it had facilitated the return of 11,688 overseas Filipinos (OFs) which brought the total number of repatriates to over 90,000 since it began repatriation in February. Of this number, 44.8 percent (40,540 OFs) are sea-based and 55.2 percent (49,957 OFs) are land-based, […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s parliament will be suspended for two weeks over fears that politicians could bring coronavirus from outbreak hotspots to the country’s capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Saturday. The postponement comes a day after the nation’s second-biggest city reported a record rise in COVID-19 infections. Citing medical advice, Morrison said the government could not ignore the risk that legislators might spread the disease to Canberra. “The risks posed by a parliamentary […]
by Daniel BOSQUE with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Four million residents of Barcelona have been urged to stay at home as virus cases rise, while EU leaders were set to meet again in Brussels Saturday, seeking to rescue Europe’s economy from the ravages of the pandemic. Spain’s COVID-19 death toll of 28,400 is one of Europe’s worst and the country has identified more than 150 new virus clusters across the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus have led several European states to tighten measures as they scramble to prevent its spread. Here is an overview of recent developments, which include localised lockdowns and the obligation to wear face masks among others: – Spain – The almost four million residents of Spain’s second city Barcelona were from July 17 urged to stay at home by the Catalan regional government, unless absolutely necessary, […]
(Eagle News)–The police will continue to assist health authorities in contact tracing efforts, Philippine National Police chief Archie Gamboa said, as he welcomed the “contact tracing ecosystem” put forward by the country’s newly-appointed contact tracing czar. Gamboa issued the statement after Interior Secretary Eduardo Año tapped the Bureau of Fire Protection to help in the government’s Oplan Kalinga program that aims to identify COVID-19 cases who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms in houses even […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States marked a record number of coronavirus cases Friday for the third consecutive day, notching 77,638 new infections in 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The country also recorded 927 deaths in one day, according to the count by the Baltimore-based university at 8:30 pm (00:30 GMT Saturday). The country, the hardest-hit by the coronavirus in the world in absolute terms, has suffered […]
