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Mayor appeals for “calm, understanding” (Eagle News)–The Cebu City government has canceled all quarantine passes issued to its residents, after President Rodrigo Duterte lamented what he said was the continued rise in COVID-19 cases in Cebu. Mayor Edgar Labella said the decision was made upon the recommendation of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, a day after the President ordered Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to go to Cebu and assess the COVID-19 response […]
https://youtu.be/DFO9E6bgRLg Ni Madelyn Villar Moratillo Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Sa pagsapit sa ika-100 araw ng umiiral na community quarantine sa bansa, aminado ang Department of Health na marami pa silang dapat na paghusayin pagdating sa pagtugon sa COVID-19. Ayon kay Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, marami rin silang nakitang mga kahinaan sa kanilang pinatutupad na sistema. Binanggit din nya na ang virus situation ay nananatiling “evolving” kaya’t marami pa rin ang […]
(Eagle News) — Total COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 31,825 after a record number of 1,150 cases were added today, Tuesday, June 23, according to the Department of Health. Fresh cases, or those with test results released within the last three days, reached a record-high of 789 cases. Late cases – or those with test results released to patients more than four days ago — reached 361. This was the latest as of […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate is on “semi-lockdown” after two of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. Senate President Tito Sotto said because of the hearings and work to be conducted in the senators’ offices, they “cannot declare a total lockdown.” He added those who were exposed to the COVID-19-positive employees have already “passed” their 14-day quarantine. “Therefore, my suggestion to the Senate Secretary is to inform those who want a lockdown to do so if they […]
(Eagle News)–Operations at the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah are suspended from June 23 to July 2. In an advisory, the Consulate said the suspension was after one of its personnel “whose duties involve high public exposure,” and two former wards who were recently repatriated to the Philippines tested positive for COVID-19. The Consulate said its personnel would undergo a strict quarantine. Those who visited the Consulate from Sunday, June 14, to Thursday, June 18, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte intends to go around the country to know the real situation on the ground regarding the COVID-19 infections, but he stressed that he would take extra precautions while doing so. In his address to the nation on late Monday, June 22, the President said that he understands how hard it is for Filipinos to endure lockdown measures and community quarantine protocols for now as countries are still developing […]
(Eagle News) – The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide have surpassed 9 million with global deaths at more than 470,000, according to the data of Johns Hopkins University as of Tuesday, June 23. Total confirmed cases hit 9,057,555 across the globe with the United States still having the most cases at more than 2.3 million and COVID-19 deaths at 120,351 as of 6:33 a.m. (Philippine time). Total virus deaths worldwide reached 470,665 based on […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is sending Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to Cebu so he can assess the government’s response to COVID-19 there. The President made the announcement as he noted what he said were the Cebuanos’ slow response to the pandemic during the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases meeting on Monday night. “Bakit marami? Because you were too confident and too complacent about it.Binalewala ninyo,” the President said, referring to […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases among overseas Filipinos has breached the 8300 mark. The Department of Foreign Affairs said of the 8301 cases, 2160 were recorded in the Middle East and Europe. Recoveries rose to 5055 with the 2193 new recovered cases, mostly from the Middle East as well. The death toll stands at 506. According to the DFA, of the 506, 164 were recorded in the Americas across six countries. The […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 30,682 with more than 400 fresh cases added each day in the last few days, latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. Virus recoveries also surpassed 8,000 with the addition of 250 new recoveries on Monday, June 22, which was more than the previous day’s 243 recoveries. As of 4 p.m., the number of COVID-19 recoveries reached 8,143. The DOH […]
-PHL total cases surpass 30,000- (Eagle News) — Metro Manila is the region with the most COVID-19 cases, while Cebu City and Quezon City topped the list of cities in terms of positive cases in the country this week, according to the Department of Health. This came about as the number of coronavirus infections in the country surpassed 30,000 with more than 20,000 considered active cases. Total COVID-19 cases as of Sunday, June 21, […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated over 300 Filipinos from Saudi Arabia. In a statement, the DFA said the 344 Filipinos from Jeddah and other parts of the western region of the kingdom were “among the hundreds of (Overseas Filipino Workers) who were economically displaced and got stranded in the Kingdom because of the COVID-19 crisis that continues to ravage the Saudi economy.” The group, the DFA said, included 76 former Filipino […]
