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(Eagle News) — Twelve barangays in Cebu City will be placed under a total lockdown, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said on Thursday, June 25. According to Cimatu, these are: Sambag 1 Kamputhaw Basak San Nicolas Mabolo Tinago Ermita Lahug Guadalupe Duljo Fatima Tisa Tejero Sambag II He said these barangays had a high number of COVID-19 cases. Earlier, Joint Task Force COVID Shield commander Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar said two companies of the Philippine […]
EAGLE NEWS —The Republic of Guatemala and its President, Alejandro Giammattei received on June 22, 72,000 RT PCR tests for the detection and diagnosis of the virus causing their respiratory syndrome of COVID-19. This generous donation will serve to strengthen the institutional response of the government of Guatemala to this pandemic. Through this goodwill gesture, President Alejandro Giammattei said that “They’re friends we have to honor such as the European Union.” These 72,000 tests may […]
(Eagle News) — ASEAN Leaders are set to convene at the 36th ASEAN Summit via teleconference Friday, June 26, to “discuss how to further strengthen cooperation on public health emergencies and put in place a robust post-pandemic recovery plan.” The ASEAN Chair for this year is Prime Minister of Viet Nam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who will preside over the opening ceremony of the Summit. He will be joined by Leaders of other ASEAN Member […]
(Eagle News)–Valenzuela courts will be physically closed starting today, June 25, as judges and court personnel go on quarantine. A memo from Executive Judge Maria Nena Santos said the decision to temporarily close Bulwagang Pangkatarungan was upon advice by the Supreme Court’s Assistant Court Administrator Lilian Barribal-Co, after one person came into contact with a COVID-19-positive patient. “If the result of the swab test of the person who had contact with a COVID-positive will turn […]
Judges, court personnel to undergo 14-day quarantine (Eagle News)–All Makati courts will be physically closed from June 25 to July 8. A memorandum from Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Elmo Alameda and Metropolitan Trial Court Jackie Crisologo Saguisag said the Offices of the Clerk of Courts will also be closed during the period when all judges and personnel will be in quarantine. The memo said this was approved by the Supreme Court’s Office of the […]
(Eagle News)–Two companies of the Philippine National Police’s elite Special Action Force will be deployed to Cebu City to help implement the enhanced community quarantine there. In a statement, Joint Task Force COVID Shield commander Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar said apart from the 150 personnel “mobility assets” that include “multi-purpose armored vehicles similar to what we used in the implementation of ECQ in Metro Manila” will be deployed. “We have already coordinated with […]
(Eagle News)–Another Cebu-based policeman has died due to COVID-19, the Philippine National Police said on Wednesday, June 24. According to the PNP, the 45-year-old whose assignment was the Police Regional Office 7 is the fourth consecutive case of recent PNP fatalities from the Central Visayas region. The policeman’s death brings the total number of deaths in the PNP to nine. Over 500, or 518 COVID-19 cases, have been confirmed in the PNP, while 313 PNP […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that it expects more COVID-19 cases in the coming days as lockdown protocols are eased and economic activity resumes. But Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that these cases can be handled by the country’s health care facilities as the government continues to monitor cases, and do more extensive contact tracing. Vergeire, the DOH spokesperson, said that the department had also seen the rising number of […]
by Femke COLBORNE and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany on Tuesday reimposed coronavirus lockdowns on more than 600,000 people and tennis world number one Novak Djokovic tested positive for the illness — two major setbacks in global efforts to restore a sense of normality to everyday life. The moves highlighted how quickly the virus can resurface and spread, and how much more nations will need to do to reassure […]
by Florian PLAUCHEUR Agence France-Presse CRUZEIRINHO, Brazil (AFP) — Cruzeirinho, a small indigenous village of wooden shacks deep in the Amazon, is nearly empty these days — all but five of its 32 families have fled into the rainforest to escape the coronavirus pandemic. A week’s trip by boat from there, the inhabitants of the Umariacu indigenous reserve are trying a different strategy against the virus. “Attention: indigenous land. Closed for 15 days,” says a […]
(Eagle News) –The University of the Philippines-Diliman on Wednesday, June 24, announced seven of its frontliners had tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, UPD said the frontliners from Kanlungang Palma and the UP Health Service have already been isolated. Their contacts, UPD said, have also been traced by the UPHS Public Health Unit. Services will continue at Kanlungang Palma and the UPHS, following consultation with an infectious disease specialist, UPD said. ” Rest assured […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, June 24, said the national government would also look into what he said was the spike in COVID-19 cases in Leyte. In a radio interview, Año said he would be accompanied by Carlito Galvez Jr., the chief implementer of the country’s national action plan against COVID-19. “Biglang nag-surge doon dahil ang sabi may dumating na LSIs (locally stranded individuals) at OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) na pinagmulan […]
