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(Eagle News)–The Daanbantayan, Cebu mayor has tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Sun Shimura made the announcement in the official Facebook page of the municipality on Sunday night. According to Shimura, the results were based on a swab test he took on June 21, three days after he had a fever and a cough. Earlier, he underwent rapid testing but tested negative for the same so he continued to attend meetings. The mayor is the second local […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has unveiled plans for another COVID-19 testing facility as it recorded its 483rd COVID-19 case. In a statement, the PNP said it was seeking Department of Health approval for a suitable site for the RT-PCR laboratory in Central Visayas. Cebu City has reverted to an enhanced community quarantine upon recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases following a recent spike in COVID-19 cases there. […]
(Eagle News) — Total COVID-19 cases in the country hit 29,400 as a record 943 cases were added to the growing number of virus cases in the country, according to the latest data from the Department of Health on Saturday, June 20. As of 7 p.m., 20 deaths were also reported due to COVID-19, bringing total coronavirus-related fatalities to 1,150. Recoveries added on Saturday were 272, bringing total COVID-19 recoveries to 7,650. But the […]
by Joshua Howat Berger, with Robin Millard in Geneva Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The World Health Organization warned Friday of a “new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus pandemic, as infections continued to surge in the Americas, with Brazil registering more than one million cases. Colombia and Mexico also passed bleak milestones, as their death tolls topped 2,000 and 20,000, respectively, showing how the virus continues ravaging the Americas and […]
by Ella IDE Agence France Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) — The coronavirus was present in two large Italian cities in December, more than two months before the first case was detected, a national health institute study of waste water has found. That suggests the virus appeared in Italy around the same time it was first reported in China. Researchers discovered genetic traces of Sars-CoV-2 — as the virus is officially known — in samples […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 28,459 as more fresh cases were reported on Friday, June 19, at 460, most of them in Metro Manila, according to the Department of Health. The number of recoveries added were 288 which brings total COVID-19 recoveries at 7,378. But fresh cases or cases confirmed in the last three days from Metro Manila were noticeably high at 277. This was more than […]
https://youtu.be/uxTS0cFiu1s (Eagle News) — EBC correspondent Marianne Leal in Laos reports how the Laos government has declared victory over COVID-19. Laos only has a total of 19 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the disease that had severely affected countries all over the world. Laos is one of the few countries with no COVID-19 fatality. All of the 19 coronavirus patients in Laos have already been discharged from hospitals. No new cases have also […]
(Eagle News)–Several offices of the Manila Metropolitan Trial Court will be on lockdown starting today, June 19. A memorandum issued by Manila MeTC executive Judge Carissa Anne Manook-Frondozo said branches 29, 30, 13 and 5 located at the Manila City Hall; the Office of the Clerk of Court; and branches 1,2,3,4,6,8, 10, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27 and 28 at the Parkview Plaza Building shall be closed until June 29. The decision to […]
(Eagle News)–All regional trial court judges and court personnel stationed in the City Hall of Manila will undergo self-quarantine until June 30. Executive Judge Virgilio Macaraig said the quarantine–which started on Thursday, June 18–was made a requirement after two court employees had contact with their close relatives who tested positive for COVID-19. The executive judge said the decision was made upon consultation with Office of the Court Administrator chief Jose Midas Marquez and Assistant Court […]
(Eagle News)–Fifteen personnel of the Metro Rail Transit-3 maintenance provider have tested positive for COVID-19. The MRT-3 said based on provider Sumitomo-MHI-TESPI’s report, of the 15, one was found positive for the virus three days after undergoing a Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction test on June 11. The depot personnel’s last day to report at the depot was on June 8. The MRT-3 said on June 14, 32 depot personnel were identified as having made […]
(Eagle News)–The number of COVID-19 cases in Bureau of Corrections-managed jail facilities has reached 301, with no new cases so far reported. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the figure was as of June 15, based on reports from BuCor. The New Bilibid Prison accounts for the most number of confirmed cases, with 141 persons deprived of liberty infected and 38 BuCor staff. Perete said in the Correctional Institute for Women, 82 PDLs and seven personnel […]
(Eagle News)–Several areas in Manila will be subjected to an “enhanced community quarantine hard lockdown” starting Friday, June 19. The Manila government said the lockdown in Barangay 60 in Zone 5; Barangay 163 in Zone 14; and Barangay 844 in Zone 92 starts at midnight and ends on Saturday, June 20, at 11:59 p.m. The local government said this was to pave the way for an expanded target testing. It said all residents should remain […]
