Holy Week 2020 easier to monitor due to ECQ

Immae Lachica 04/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) believes it will be a bit easier monitoring the safety of the public this Holy Week 2020 due to the enhanced community quarantine. Police Brigadier General…

PBA shortens Season 45

04/08/2020

With the government extending the Enhanced Community Quarantine to April 30, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is reducing Season 45 to a two conference-format, which could be further cut down should the spread of the coronavirus 2019…

712 PUMs cleared in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) revealed that at least 712 persons under monitoring (PUMs) of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) have been cleared in Cebu City as of Tuesday morning, April 7,…

LOOK: Unusual scenes of ’empty’ Lapu-Lapu streets

Immae Lachica 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Marcelo Fernan bridge used to be a very busy bridge connecting mainland Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City. Now, it is like a ghost bridge straight out of a movie scene. This is what Quinneth Leken,…

COVID-19 cases in PH now at 3,660; death toll at 163

Daphne Galvez 04/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Four hundred and fourteen more individuals have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. This brought the total of confirmed cases in the country…

Doctor in Cebu City recovers from COVID-19

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A physician here is among the patients who recently recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Dr. Estrella Huang, an internal medicine specialist from the Cebu Doctors’ Hospital, is set to be discharged…

VisMin LGUs, DoH can decide to lift or extend ECQ

Rosalie Abatayo 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The extension or lifting of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in areas in the Visayas and Mindanao depends on the assessment of the local government units and the field offices of the Department…

DOH tests 23,000 people for coronavirus; 82% test negative

Daphne Galvez 04/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government has conducted a total of 22,958 tests for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), of which over 82 percent resulted negative. Health Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, in a Laging Handa press briefing Monday,…

PH gov’t to launch contact tracing app for COVID-19 cases

Miguel R. Camus 04/06/2020

MANILA — The Philippine government is beginning the testing of a new contact tracing smartphone app to aid its fight against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). National Privacy Commission (NPC) chair Raymund Liboro told the Inquirer Sunday…

Masks now a must as PH virus deaths top 100

Darryl John Esguerra 04/03/2020

The government on Thursday made the wearing of masks in public mandatory as the Department of Health (DOH), ramping up its testing for the new coronavirus, reported 322 new cases of COVID-19. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, spokesperson…

Dominguez: Mass COVID-19 tests ‘a must’

Ben O. de Vera 04/01/2020

President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief economic manager said mass testing for COVID-19 is “a must” if the Philippines wanted the pain inflicted by the disease on both the health care system and the economy to go away. Finance…

DOH: COVID-19 positive now at 2,311; death toll at 96

Daphne Galvez 04/01/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 227 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Wednesday. This brought the total number of cases to 2,311 as of 4 p.m. on April 1. So…

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