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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that a national ID system would have helped the Philippine government in identifying the poor families and other individuals in need of immediate cash assistance. The President again went on national television on Monday night, April 13, 2020, to address concerns on the current COVID-19 pandemic. Duterte said that the if the national ID had just been placed earlier, the process of giving cash amerioration to the poor […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines becomes the country with the most number of coronavirus cases in the Southeast Asia as of Tuesday morning, April 14, 2020. Based on the data from Johns Hopkins University tracker of global cases of COVID-19, the Philippines total of 4,932 surpassed the 4,817 number of cases of Malaysia — the country which previously had the most number of cases in the region. Malaysia has 77 virus-related deaths, while the […]
(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) – The Department of Health (DOH) announced 220 new confirmed COVID-19 cases bringing the country’s total to 4,648. The COVID-19 related deaths also increased the past day as 50 more fatalities were recorded. This brings to 297 the virus-related fatalities in the country, as of 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12. There were also 40 new recoveries reported bringing the country’s total to 197. Health Undersecretary Dra. Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health has changed its classification on COVID-19 cases. Coronavirus cases are now classified as probable, suspect and confirmed cases, according to DOH Administrative Order 2020-0013 signed on April 9 by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. The new classification and order was effective immediately. Before this, the DOH classified individuals possibly exposed to COVID-19 cases as persons under monitoring (PUMs), while those already exhibiting coronavirus symptoms were listed as […]
(Eagle News)–Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected in parts of Northern Luzon today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said these conditions are particularly felt over the provinces of Aurora, Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Kalinga, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Cagayan and Batanes. PAGASA said these were due to localized thunderstorms or the easterlies affecting the eastern section of the country. […]
28 new recoveries, 21 other deaths reported (Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country has risen to 4076. This was after the Department of Health announced on Thursday, April 9, 206 new COVID-19 cases. The agency also announced 28 new recoveries, bringing the total to 124. Twenty-one additional deaths have been reported. The total number of deaths in the country has reached 203. President Rodrigo Duterte has […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) said that 106 new cases were added to the tally of COVID-19 cases in the country, bringing the total to 3,870. This is the second consecutive day that only over 100 new cases were added to the list as the DOH continued to hope that the enhanced community quarantine, combined with strategic mass testing and treatment and isolation of cases, would slow down the virus infections […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said 247 crew members of two cruise ships for a Germany-based travel agency arrived in the country on Wednesday morning, April 8, 2020. The DFA welcomed the crew members of cruise ships MS Amadea and MS Amera who returned from Frankfurt, Germany. “The repatriates arrived this morning via a chartered flight contracted by BSM Crew Service Center Philippines Inc. and Five Star Marine Services Corp., […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that the Philippine government is “inclined to extend the lockdown” in the country until April 30. “We are inclined to extend the lockdown up to April 30,” he said. “Tingnan natin after that.” Appearing on national television again on Monday night, April 6, the visibly tired 75-year old Philippine leader appealed to Filipinos for patience as he called on those who have the money – the private […]
(Eagle News)–Over 300 repatriated Filipino seafarers arrived from Italy and Germany on Sunday amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The Department of Foreign Affairs said of the 322 recently repatriated from Italy, 114 were from Costa Diadema and 208 from Costa Victoria in Italy. Sixteen crew members of cruise ship Amadea, on the other hand, arrived in Manila from Frankfurt, Germany. According to the DFA, as of Sunday, April 6, it had repatriated close to […]
(Eagle News) — The total coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 3,246 with the addition of 152 new confirmed cases, according to the Department of Health on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Aside from the added cases, the DOH also reported eight new COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total to 152. “DOH also reports 7 additional recoveries which brings the total number of recoveries to 64,” the department said in a statement posted on […]
