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The first Level 1 hospitals outside NCR designated to treat COVID-19 cases with mild symptoms received their first batches of virgin coconut oil (VCO) as part of a personal initiative led by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who has helped promote the use of VCO in efforts to treat individuals that have caught the disease. According […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is grateful to the hotel industry’s continued support in repurposing their accommodation establishments (AEs) into isolation and quarantine facilities. There are 21 hotels in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Region 4A or CALABARZON that have been converted into isolation facilities providing some 2,222 rooms. Likewise, the Oplan Kalinga […]
The mountain town of Don Salvador Benedicto, the only remaining locality in Negros Occidental with no active case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has extended its ban on mass gathering for seven more days. In Executive Order 2021-04-002, Mayor Laurence Marxlen de la Cruz stated that the suspension of such activities and other “super spreader” […]
A lawmaker called for a stronger information campaign to boost the people’s confidence in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program by holding regular webinars to be aired live on government television channels and radio stations. Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government […]
The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) is stepping up its Covid-19 pandemic assistance by allocating close to P10 million worth of relief goods to cities and provinces in the NCR Plus bubble, a Church official said on April 18, 2021. INC’s humanitarian drive, under its Lingap sa Mamamayan program, will distribute “goody bags” to densely populated […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the Department of Tourism (DOT) would support the construction on tourism sites of temporary hospitals and other medical facilities necessary to fight the COVID-19 crisis. Romulo-Puyat made the statement in the recent groundbreaking of Manila’s Mega Field Hospital, a temporary facility which will be built at the Burnham Green of […]
While there are more than a thousand public schools currently serving as isolation facilities, Senator Win Gatchalian urged the national government to accelerate the construction of quarantine centers and field hospitals to ease the burden on the country’s health care system. According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts, and Culture, […]
Seven Level 1 hospitals in Metro Manila charged with treating mild COVID-19 cases this week received supplies of virgin coconut oil (VCO) as Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles continued distributing what he referred to as a “zero-risk, high reward” option to treat patients suffering from mild symptoms of the disease, which currently has over 100,000 active […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros has backed hospital associations in urging the Department of Health (DOH) to allow the emergency mass hiring of nurses as hospitals remain full due to the spike in COVID-19 cases. Hontiveros said the DOH should treat private hospitals as partners and should support their call for private hospitals to increase capacity through […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported that the Free Mask project has produced and delivered 30,808,518 pieces of free cloth washable face masks for the benefit of the “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino” Program (4Ps) beneficiaries and other marginalized sectors in COVID-19 high-risk areas. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said that the consistent efforts of all […]