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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has reported a jump in COVID-19 cases as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, with the addition of 740 cases, bringing the total virus cases to 23,732. Of this number, 452 are fresh cases, while 288 are “late cases” or those wherein the test results had been released to patients at least four days ago. In the past three days, the cases added daily were more than […]
(Eagle News) – The Cebu City Health Department reported 2,988 total COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, June 9, as more than 100 cases each day were reported in the city for the past three days. The new confirmed cases on Tuesday, June 9, were 106. There was also one virus fatality reported bringing the total COVID-19 deaths in the city to 33. The previous day, on Monday, June 8, the new cases added were 127. […]
(Eagle News) – COVID-19 cases in the country reached almost 23,000 as infections continued to rise in two major regions in the country — Metro Manila and Central Visayas (Region 7). As of Tuesday, June 9, total COVID-19 cases reached 22,992 with the addition of 518 reported cases, mostly coming from Central Visayas, followed by Metro Manila. There were 280 fresh cases: 82 from Region 7, while 61 came from Metro Manila. There were […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has signed a $750-million loan agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Development Bank to help boost the government’s COVID-19 efforts. According to the DOF, the loan accord cements AIIB’s commitment to co-finance with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the Philippines’ COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support (CARES) program. The loan agreement signed with the ADB would allow the Philippines to access loans worth $1.5 billion. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and AIIB Acting […]
(Eagle News)-Two more House employees have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. House Secretary General Jose Montales said the employees are a married couple. He said one is assigned at the Printing Office and the other at the engineering department. They last reported for work on May 28. In March, several House employees tested positive for COVID-19. At least one of them passed away.
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education on Monday, June 8, said the groundwork for blended learning was “well underway,” as it noted it would comply with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive face-to-face classes be postponed until a vaccine against COVID-19 was available. In a statement, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said DepEd was currently conducting its remote enrollment nationwide “in order to assess learners’ household information, which will be crucial in the preparation and contextualization of […]
(Eagle News) — Coronavirus deaths worldwide reached almost 402,000 on Monday, June 8, as virus cases also neared 7 million with infections still rising in most countries. The United States still leads countries in number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Based on the virus dashboard of Johns Hopkins University, US COVID-19 cases reached 1,938,842 while virus-related fatalities hit 110,482. Brazil is second to the US in terms of cases with 672,846 confirmed infections, and […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration has announced its main office in Intramuros will be closed today, June 8, to pave the way for a disinfection of the area. The immigration bureau said the disinfection–and therefore the suspension of operations—is after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. “We have decided to temporarily close our main office to protect not only our employees but that of the transacting public as well against this deadly virus,” Immigration bureau […]
Ni Myrnalyn Guzman Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Walang positibo sa ginawang rapid testing ng Rural Health Unit sa 26 na barangay sa bayan ng Santa, sa probinsya ng Ilocos Sur na isinagawa sa 974 frontliners. Pinangunahan ito ni Mayor Jesus Bueno Jr. at Vice Mayor Jeremy Jesus Bueno III. Ayon kay Dr. Marilou Cardenas, ang Municipal Health Officer sa nasabing bayan , dumaan muna ang mga frontliners sa counseling at pumirma sila […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 deaths in the country hit 1,003 as nine more deaths were reported on Sunday, June 7, according to the Department of Health. COVID-19 cases also reached 21,895 with the addition of 555 new cases. Many of these were “fresh” or new cases at 378, while 177 were “late cases” or those whose test results had been released more than four days ago to patients. In both cases, […]
(Eagle News) – The United States government will provide an additional P201 million ($4 million) financial assistance to help support vulnerable populations in Mindanao amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Embassy in the Philippines announced on Friday, June 5. The Embassy said that US Ambassador Sung Kim met with officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) lead by Chief Minister Ahod ‘Al Haj Murad’ Ebrahim, who also chairs the BARMM Inter-Agency Task […]
Number of COVID-19 cases among Filipinos overseas stands at 5361, DFA says (Eagle News)–The number of overseas Filipinos who recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 has risen to 2212, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported. According to the DFA, the number of overseas Filipino COVID19 cases now stands at 5361, with the addition of six new cases in the Asia and the Pacific region, and Europe. The DFA said 361 deaths have so far been […]
