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(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the doubling time of the coronavirus cases, meaning the time it takes for the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to double, has further slowed down. From three days, the doubling time has now slowed down to five days on the average, according to experts. This is one of two “good news” that the DOH announced on Tuesday, April 21, more than a month after the […]
(Eagle News) – There are now more than 3,000 quarantine facilities that have been set up in the country, as the government further ramped up efforts to increase isolation centers for mild and suspect cases of COVID-19. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that at least 3.052 quarantine facilities with 211,474 beds have been established nationwide as of April 18. “This does not include the mega quarantine facilities or We Heal as One Centers such […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Tuesday, April 21, reported 140 additional COVID-19 cases in the country, with recoveries still keeping their lead over deaths. According to the DOH, with the additional 140, the total number of COVID-19 cases rises to 6599. The DOH also reported 41 new recoveries, bringing that total to 654, while nine additional deaths were recorded. With the new deaths, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the country reaches […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has issued a department circular advising the public “to avoid spraying and misting at this time” saying that there is no evidence to support that this actually kills the COVID-19 virus. In Department circular no. 2020-0172, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that misting or spraying in fact poses an additional health and safety concerns. “There is no evidence to support that spraying surfaces or large scale […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) advised local government units (LGUs) not to use misting or spraying on individuals, including the use of disinfection tents, misting chambers or sanitation booths, saying that this can do more harm than good. DILG said that in issuing this directive, it is just following guidelines from the Department of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) which had already advised against such misting […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is consulting with former health secretaries of the Department of Health to help him decide whether to extend the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon or to impose a modified community quarantine where only vulnerable sectors or those areas with high COVID-19 cases would remain on lockdown. Some of the health experts invited to give a briefing that started this afternoon, April 20, for the president are former […]
(Eagle News) –The number of COVID-19 recoveries in the country further increased on Monday, April 20, even as the Department of Health reported the number of COVID-19 cases had increased to 6459. According to the DOH, with the 41 new recoveries, the total number of patients who recovered from the virus was now at 613. The DOH reported 19 new deaths, bringing the total to 428. Earlier the Palace said the Philippines had yet to […]
(Eagle News)–Several health associations backed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III amid the call of 14 senators for him to resign. In a joint statement, the Philippine Medical Association, the Philippine Hospital Association, the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines and the Philippine College of Hospital Administrators said they “put so much faith and give a ten-out-of-ten score in the manner that the Department of Health, led by Secretary Francisco Duque III, is handling the medical […]
(Eagle News) — More patients are recovering from the coronavirus disease with the addition of 56 new recoveries as of Sunday, April 19, bringing the total to 572 as total confirmed cases rose to 6,259 because of widened mass testing, according to the Department of Health (DOH). The DOH reports 172 new confirmed cases as of 4 p.m., while only 12 new deaths were recorded bringing the total number of COVID-19 related fatalities to […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s total COVID-19 cases has breached the 6,000 mark, reaching 6,087 as 209 new confirmed cases were added on Saturday, April 18. The Department of Health also announced that the total number of patient recoveries had reached 516, while COVID-19 related fatalities rose to 397. There were again more patient recoveries recorded in the past 24 hours, at 29, compared to new reported deaths at 10, as of 4 p.m., Saturday, […]
(Eagle News – At least 766 health care workers have contracted COVID-19 and 22 of them had died due to the disease, according to the Department of Health (DOH). DOH Spokesperson Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that of the 769 health care workers among the country’s 5,878 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 399 were doctors and 242 are nurses. The DOH expressed its condolences for the families and friends left behind by the 22 health care workers […]
(Eagle News) — Health Secretary Francisco Duque IIII appealed to his detractors for them to work with the Department of Health as a team, as he promised to answer their allegations in due time after the COVID-19 crisis. Duque made his appeal as senators filed a resolution seeking his resignation. “Let us work as a team, as one country fighting for the health and safety of all. I will continue to serve the country […]
