National gov’t steps in to evaluate Cebu City’s COVID response

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Malacañang has announced on Saturday, June 20, that the national government’s anti-coronavirus task force will be assessing how the city government of Cebu is handling the pandemic here. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque…

20 COVID-recovered policemen prepare to go back to work

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 20 police officers in Cebu are preparing to report back to work after having recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO -7) announced…

More cops to be deployed to Cebu City to help reinforce ECQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 106 policemen are expected to arrive in Cebu City on Friday, June 19 to provide additional manpower in enforcing quarantine protocols here. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director of the…

COVID-19 confirmed in Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño, 5 workers positive

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The historic Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Church in Cebu City will remain close to the public. This as the church administration announced on Monday, June 8, that five of its employees tested…

COVID-19 cases on June 7 in Cebu City hit 138

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in a day was reported to have breached the 100-mark  in Cebu City on Sunday, June 7, a month since it started experiencing a…

Cebu City logs 72 new COVID-19 cases a day before shift to GCQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City reported 72 new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on Sunday, May 31, or a day before it will shift to a more relaxed general community quarantine (GCQ). Read more: In Cebu…

Cebu City reports more recoveries than new cases on May 25

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City on Monday, May 25, reported more recoveries than new patients of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The City Health Department (CHD) announced on Facebook that they logged 56 more patients whose…

Cebu City produces 110 tons of ‘assumed-infectious waste’ from BICs, infected communities

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has produced 110 tons of garbage from areas infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), from May 1 to 20, 2020. Data from the Department of Public…

Cebu City, NCR must ‘continue significant restrictions’ – experts

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The national government must ‘continue significant restrictions’ in areas high-risk of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak such as Cebu City. This was just one of the recommendations from experts of the University…

Cebu City records another low in new COVID-19 cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City on Monday, May 18, 2020, recorded another low number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. City Legal Officer and lawyer Rey Gealon, spokesperson of Mayor Edgardo Labella, announced in a…

Cebu City reports 24 COVID-19 recoveries, drop in new cases on May 17

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City logged 21 new cases of the coronavirus disease on Sunday, May 17, bringing the city’s total number of cases to 1, 740. But while COVID-19 cases in the city continue to…

Cebu City logs 21 more COVID-19 cases, recoveries now at 78

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Cebu City on Saturday, May 21, reported 21 additional coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, bringing the city’s total to 1,723. The Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) also said two previously confirmed COVID-19 patients had…

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