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(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has now tested negative for the coronavirus disease 2019. Año made the revelation himself in a message to reporters on Monday, April 13. He said the result was based on a test he took on April 8, days after he quarantined himself after testing positive for COVID-19. Earlier in the day, Education Secretary Leonor Briones announced she tested negative for COVID-19 after testing positive for the virus on April 9. The […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to address the nation again today, April 13. It was, however, unclear what time the public address would start. President Duterte’s previous public addresses on the coronavirus disease 2019, however, have started at night. The COVID-19 public addresses have been going on since the President imposed a community quarantine in Luzon in March in a bid to contain the disease. Under the Bayanihan We Heal As One […]
(Eagle News) — The enhanced community quarantine in Samar is extended to April 30. This was after Samar Governor Reynolds Michael Tan signed Executive Order No. 22, a copy of which was uploaded on Facebook on Monday, April 13. According to Tan, the extension was a recommendation of the Provincial Inter-agency Task Force on COVID-19 “in order to help control the further transmission of (the coronavirus disease 2019) in the province.” Tan said he has […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Philippines has climbed to 4932. This was after the Department of Health announced on Monday, April 13, 284 new cases as of 4 p.m. Eighteen new deaths have been recorded, bringing the total to 315. Forty-five new recoveries have been reported as well. This brings the total of recovered COVID-19 patients to 242. Earlier, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said it was possible […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara on Monday, April 13, called on the authorities to “exchange data” on coronavirus disease 2019 patients. Angara, who has recovered from COVID-19, made the appeal as he announced he had donated his plasma to a patient who was in critical condition. ” Gave my plasma and it went straight to a hospital in QC to a man on a ventilator- a severe case of COVID19. My wonderful doctors say it could […]
(Eagle News)–More law enforcers will be deployed to public markets to ensure that social distancing measures are implemented. Philippine National Police (PNP) deputy chief for operations Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar said apart from Interior Secretary Eduardo Año’s order for barangay officials to assist, PNP Chief Archie Gamboa has “already instructed local police commanders across the country to implement measures that would limit the number of people in the public markets, specifically on the matter […]
(Eagle News)–Quezon City is expected to pilot-test its community-based testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 today, April 13. According to the local government, around 150 people from various areas in the city are slated to take part in the event at the Quezon Memorial Circle. “These people are identified by the district health officers and are suspected COVID-19 patients with symptoms,” Project Director Joseph Juico said, adding the 150 persons will be divided into four […]
(Eagle News)–Over 1000 individuals were caught violating the community quarantine in Navotas from March 20 to April 12. The local government said of the 1120, 854 were adults. Of the 854, 20 were caught from April 11 to 12 and will be charged. Navotas said the 854 were apart from the 326 minors who were caught loitering during the same period. President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon in a bid […]
(Eagle News)–A hospital in Quezon City will undergo “thorough disinfection” after several of its employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. In a statement, the Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital’s officer-in-charge Dr. Maria Rosela Espinar did not say how many had contracted the disease. She said, however, that other frontliners who have been in close contact with those who tested positive for the virus “have already undergone self-quarantine during the temporary shutdown.” “Critical areas […]
(Eagle News)–Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday, April 13, said she has already tested negative for the coronavirus disease 2019. Briones’ announcement in a television interview came days after she announced she had tested positive for COVID-19 based on a second test she took in April. The 79-year-old took the test a second time after a Cabinet member announced he was COVID-19 positive. Apart from Briones, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año was among Cabinet members who […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Las Piñas has reached 65. The local government said of the 65, one each was from Barangay Elias Aldana and Almanza Dos, two each from Barangay Daniel Fajardo, Manuyo Uno and Pulanglupa Uno; three each from Almanza Uno,.Pamplona Tres, Pulanglupa Dos and Talon Uno; four each from Pamplona Uno, Pamplona Dos, Talon Kuatro, Talon Singko and Zapote; five from Pilar; six from Manuyo Dos; and seven […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is now the lead agency tasked to conduct contact tracing of individuals who might be infected with COVID-19, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Under the latest IATF resolution no. 22, the OCD and the Department of Health will enter into a “data sharing agreement” in accordance with the Data Privacy Act or Republic Act No. 10173, but it is the […]
