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Quezon City Health Department (QCHD) head Dr. Esperanza Arias, said the city government is set to conduct an initial 1,300 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests next week using test kits coming from the Department of Health (DOH). Arias said the tests will be done in areas of Quezon City that have the highest number of […]
President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to extend the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until the end of April is “reasonable” and justified, senators said. The government earlier announced that the month-long ECQ, which was originally to end on April 13, was extended to April 30 to curb the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “Better […]
Mass testing will paint a clearer picture of the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country and help track down those who are infected so they can at once be isolated or ordered quarantined. This is according to Senator Win Gatchalian who also stressed that mass testing should have a targeted approach […]
The government needs to fast track the implementation of the national ID system for a quicker health and calamity response in the future to prevent a repeat of the mistakes committed in tracing suspected COVID-19 patients, Senator Win Gatchalian said. The law, which was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in August 2018, aims to create […]
Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) spokesperson Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles over the weekend lauded private sector efforts to help the government in its efforts to treat and isolate Filipinos who are confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While lamenting the fact that the IATF had received […]
Senator Win Gatchalian reminded private lending institutions accredited under the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Automatic Payroll Deduction System (APDS) not to impose penalties on late loan payments by teachers during the lockdown being enforced to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In a March 20 letter addressed to private lending institutions […]
Senators are asking both the national and local governments to fast track the distribution of emergency cash assistance to 18 million poor families severely now being affected by the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, particularly the daily wage earners. Senator Panfilo Lacson pointed out that the provisions of Republic Act 11469, or the Bayanihan to Heal […]
As the country sees more Filipinos being infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Senator Win Gatchalian has called on all local government units (LGUs) to set up temporary hospitals and isolation tents where patients with mild symptoms can be isolated and lessen the risk of spreading the virus. Gatchalian proposed that these temporary facilities […]
Senator Joel Villanueva has reiterated the call of state universities and colleges (SUCs) who have issued separate appeals for the public to provide them with necessary raw materials and other forms of support to manufacture equipment needed by frontline healthcare workers treating patients affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Villanueva cited the various efforts of […]
Senator Sonny Angara became the third member of the Philippine Senate to test positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “I regret to announce that today, March 26, I received my test result and it is positive for COVID-19,” Angara said in a statement. “I have not been in contact with the public since taking […]