Rizal province with highest Covid positivity rate at 11.9 percent (Eagle News) – Metro Manila’s COVID-19 positivity rate continued to increase, reaching 5.9 percent from 3.9 percent the previous week, according to OCTA Research. Rizal province also reached a high of 11.9 percent Covid positivity rate as of Saturday, June 25. Seven other provinces breached the World Health Organization (WHO) Covid-19 positivity threshold of five percent (5 percent). After Rizal, the areas with the high […]
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President Duterte directs purchase of more RT-PCR machines and test kits amid spike in COVID cases
DOH says P7 billion outlay available to buy more RT-PCR machines, test kits (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed the Department of Health to buy more RT-PCR tests so that more people could be tested for COVID-19, and help in the immediate detection, isolation and treatment of cases. Duterte, during his Talk To The People on Monday, January 10, asked Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to buy the needed RT-PCR tests, considered the […]





